Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“Anavi”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Theize · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lessines · since 2007
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Translation services · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Boechout · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Kippenkwekerijen · Hannut · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · Harelbeke · since 2023
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
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Other tax advisory services · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Grez-Doiceau · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE VLAAMSE IMKERSVERENIGING · Brasschaat · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Aide aux Nécessiteux anderlechtois · Anderlecht · since 1981
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Chilly Mazarin · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ALLIED VINTNERS INTERNATIONAL · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lanaken · since 1997
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Rumst · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoutleeuw · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Assenede voor Iedereen · Assenede · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ANTWERPS VORMINGSINSTITUUT · Aartselaar · since 2005
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
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Other business support services · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Châtelet · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Roeselare · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Altera Nobis Association · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Antwerps Vastgoed Imperium · Schilde · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jurbise · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 1998
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CSAT · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zwevegem · since 2004