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.
“Vanacker, Filip”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · since 1991
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1992
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since 1986
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2002
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Charleroi · since 1987
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
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Name of VANACKER MARNIX EN ERIC · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Poperinge · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Deblauwe · Mixed farming · Vleteren · since 2011
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Jabbeke · since 1987
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Waterlandkerkje · since 1997
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Middelkerke · since 2002
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Site preparation · since 2013
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1994
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1997
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Land surveying · Wetteren · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Vanackere G.C.V. · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waregem · since 2011
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zelzate · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Lichtervelde · since 1968
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 1985
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since 1997
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 2002
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since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · since 2000
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 1997
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Raising of other animals · since 2001
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since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Other construction installation · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 1995
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Literary creation · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Mixed farming · since 2016
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since 1991
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since 1990
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Other printing · since 2003
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 1986
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since 1988
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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General medical practice · since 2019
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since 1995
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2009
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2007
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2000
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1987
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since 1990
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since 1969