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.
“Anko”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Lille · since 1992
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Houthulst · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Vosselaar · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Maaseik · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2011
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Mechelen · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Stekene · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Lochristi · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · Jabbeke · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Hove · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Lorenzo Management · Business and other management consultancy · Hooglede · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Boechout · since 2020
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Activities of independent sportspeople · Pelt · since 2021
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Aarschot · since 2002
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Specialist medical practice · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ANKOR REAL ESTATE · Waregem · since 2018
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1987
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Tremelo · since 1989
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Beerse · since 1990
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Wommelgem · since 1992
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Hasselt · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ANKA INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Destelbergen · since 1995
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Nijlen · since 1996
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since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Peer · since 2012
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of MHD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diest · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Roeselare · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Moerbeke (Waas) · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Bierbeek · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oosterzele · since 2009
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2012
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since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Anka vzw · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Day nurseries and crèches · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 1987
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since 2018