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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Vanacker, Pascal”

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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Same or very similar names

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1999
  • Sole trader same name
    since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2004
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2020
  • VANACKER very similar
    Charleroi · since 1987
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
  • VANACKER very similar
    Name of VANACKER MARNIX EN ERIC · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Poperinge · since 1997
  • Vanacker very similar
    Name of an establishment of Deblauwe · Mixed farming · Vleteren · since 2011
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1971
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1971
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1982
  • Sole trader similar
    Other sports activities · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 1978
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2008
  • VAN ACKER similar
    Joinery installation · Jabbeke · since 1987
  • VAN ACKER BV similar
    Waterlandkerkje · since 1997
  • VAN ACKER similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Middelkerke · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Site preparation · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Vocational training · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
  • VAN ACKER G. similar
    Land surveying · Wetteren · since 1996
  • VANACKERE similar
    Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2022
  • Vanackere similar
    Name of an establishment of Vanackere G.C.V. · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waregem · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of other sports clubs · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Sound recording · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Other printing · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
  • Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • Joinery installation · Gent · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1982

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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