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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.

“Ex Animo”

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.

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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

20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Ex Animo same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • EX ANIMA very similar
    Physiotherapy · Maasmechelen · since 2008
  • EL ANIMO very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2025
  • Animo very similar
    Hasselt · since 1988
  • ANIMO very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
  • ANIMO very similar
    Name of an establishment of ANIMO BELGIUM · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Brecht · since 1991
  • ANIMO very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 1991
  • ANIMO very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
  • Animo very similar
    Ganshoren · since 1993
  • ANIMO very similar
    Genk · since 2000
  • ANIMO very similar
    Name of an establishment of ENTRÉPICURIENS · Travel agency activities · Neupré · since 2016
  • Animo very similar
    Abbreviation of Animatiefabriek · Duffel · since 2017
  • Animo very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2021
  • Animo (sole trader) very similar
    Fitness centres · since 2021
  • ANIMO (sole trader) very similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2022
  • Animo (sole trader) very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
  • Animo+ very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2004
  • Animo very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 2024
  • ANIMO (sole trader) very similar
    Activities of other sports clubs · since 2025
  • ANIMO very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wortegem-Petegem · since 1981
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Exan similar
    Activities of notaries · Edegem · since 2022
  • Ekwanimo (sole trader) similar
    Cultural education · since 2019
  • ENIMO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2011

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