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.
“Anno”
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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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1995
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Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wuustwezel · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 2005
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Name of ARTIMVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1997
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Name of an establishment · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Heers · since 2022
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Sint-Truiden · since 2008
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ALLE NATUURWETTEN NALEVEN · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Schoten · since 1995
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Psychology services · since 2014
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of De rebellenclub · Sports and recreation education · Mol · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Schoten · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of DIGINESS HQ · Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ANNABO · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2007
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Day nurseries and crèches · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 2024
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Activities of bailiffs · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2025
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2019
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Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of BVBA ANNOCOM · Employment placement agencies · Tremelo · since 2006
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ardooie · since 2007
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Gent · since 1958
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gembloux · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association of National Numbering Agencies · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1992
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Overige accommodatie · Wetteren · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Living Geel · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geel · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1976
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Other education · since 2022
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since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Psychology services · De Haan · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lille · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2020