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.
“Hanker”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Support activities for crop production · Oostkamp · since 2018
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Westerlo · since 1989
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Other social work without accommodation · Destelbergen · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Gent · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Overijse · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Koekelberg · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bierbeek · since 2011
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met gespecialiseerde bouwnijverheid · Lokeren · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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since 2011
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Manufacture of beer · Mechelen · since 1905
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Abbreviation of Het Anker Vereniging voor Heemkunde · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Bejaardenzorg Grauwzusters Limburg · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Hasselt · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of LD3 · Activiteiten van dag- en dienstencentra voor ouderen · Brussel · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Welkomshuis Het Anker · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Karma Events · Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Luc en Nicole · Cafés and bars · Geel · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Anke en Jimmy · Cafés and bars · Mol · since 2025
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Balen · since 1979
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Rumst · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Eupen · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of DEM · Full-service restaurants · since 2018