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.
“Anchorage”
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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Brussel · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2009
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Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zandhoven · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MANAGEMENT ANCHORAGE · Activities of holding companies · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SUSTAINABLE ANCHORAGE · Activities of holding companies · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1999
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2010
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Vorselaar · since 2016
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Brussel · since 2002
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Other education · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of VIDEL SRL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rixensart · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of ANCHO JOURDAN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of TCPC · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2018
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Sound recording · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Stabroek · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of DILLIS · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Oudenburg · since 1990
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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2024