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.
“Anvaco”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vaduz · since 1978
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brussel · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1999
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Kortessem · since 1987
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of AVACO BOUWMACHINES · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2003
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Rotselaar · since 1993
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Haacht · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Nandrin · since 2001
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Other business support services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Other business support services · Lier · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Herzele · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lille · since 2025
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of live animals · Diksmuide · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1994
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Other education · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2013
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Support activities for crop production · Aalter · since 2024
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Name of Sequoia Development · Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Brugge · since 1986
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Trade name of Bakkavor Belgium B.V. · Amstelveen · since 1989
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2001
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Other specialised design activities · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Seraing · since 2026