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.
“Anwal”
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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Other amusement and recreation activities · Liedekerke · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Brussel · since 1998
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Veterinary services · Lessines · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wijnegem · since 1987
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2002
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Floor and wall tiling · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · Mechelen · since 2010
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Fléron · since 1966