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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.

“Antrum”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Antrum same name
    Veterinary services · Roeselare · since 2026
  • ANTRUC very similar
    Elsene · since 1991
  • INTRUM very similar
    Name of an establishment of INTRUM NV · Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Gent · since 1984
  • ANTIUM very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2013
  • ANTHUM very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • ANTROM very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gerpinnes · since 2025
  • Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2026
  • Altrum very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ANT RE similar
    Herverzekering · Eupen · since 1977
  • ANTRO similar
    Knokke-Heist · since 1988
  • Angstcentrum similar
    Maasmechelen · since 2024
  • Manufacture of jewellery · since 2011
  • Name of an establishment of CESI · General medical practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
  • Name of an establishment of Ulysse OpCo Belgium · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
  • ANTRES similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2012
  • AnTrust similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Business and other management consultancy · Kraainem · since 2021

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