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.
“Anel”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 2008
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Linter · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · Châtelet · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Haaltert · since 2024
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Ukkel · since 1948
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Name of an establishment of KOBEC · Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Removal services · since 1996
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Lennik · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · Westerlo · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Gistel · since 2021
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Brasschaat · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Evergem · since 2007
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Abbreviation of The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Aalst · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ANDREA-EERLINGEN · Genk · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Antiochië Netwerk · Activities of religious organisations · Nivelles · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 1974
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Thuin · since 2026
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Activities of interior architects · Koksijde · since 1983
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Brussel · since 1988
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Raising of horses and other equines · Lokeren · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1993
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Freight transport by road · Asse · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rixensart · since 2021
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Plastering work · Kraainem · since 2009
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Oudenaarde · since 1952
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since 2013