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.
“TANKK”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other retail sale of new goods · Ukkel · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waregem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of J de Jonge Belgium · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of AS-ZIA EVENT · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Anderlues · since 2025
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Houyet · since 1988
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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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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General construction of residential buildings · Lievegem · since 2023
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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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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of BISTAN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of TRITON ANS NATATION · Saint-Nicolas · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of The Automotive Nursery · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Floreffe · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Visé · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Mertert · since 1983
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Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Tankono Association Sans But Lucratif · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DAM HOEVE · Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 2023
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Lochristi · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024