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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Anson MCS”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Anson MCS same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
  • ANSON very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1990
  • ANSON very similar
    Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
  • ANSON (sole trader) very similar
    since 1973
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
  • ANSO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
  • ANSO V similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Zandhoven · since 2018
  • General electrical installation work · since 2019
  • since 2018
  • ANSO similar
    Retail sale of wines and spirits · Antwerpen · since 2004

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