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.
“Anico”
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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Blégny · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2006
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988
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Computer programming · Ukkel · since 1999
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Other education · since 2018
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Turnhout · since 1937
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Lennik · since 1988
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Manufacture of other wood products · Peer · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of HOBACO · Manufacture of other wood products · Peer · since 1989
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Oupeye · since 1994
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Dessel · since 1994
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Real estate agency activities · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2000
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Plastering work · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Plumbing work · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 2019
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Plumbing work · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bierbeek · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2011
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Essen · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Braine-le-Château · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Geetbets · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deinze · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Kortenberg · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Antwerps Financierings Consortium · Sports and recreation education · since 1969
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Lievegem · since 1985
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1993
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Boutersem · since 1992
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Activities of lawyers · Lievegem · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2010
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Veterinary services · Esneux · since 2024
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2012
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 1993
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Brugge · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Edegem · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Balen · since 2008
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Other education · Stekene · since 2006
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Deinze · since 2023
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Abbreviation of AMAREBE N'IMENA · Oudergem · since 1998
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Evere · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Autour de Nos Images · Hannut · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025