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.
“AUSTER”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2001
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Computer programming · Liedekerke · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE STERILISATION FRANCOPHONE · Assesse · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Logging · Putte · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Astérides · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of l'Aster · General medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roeselare · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Access to Sustainability for Tenants through Energy Effective Retrofit · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Gedinne · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Buggenhout · since 2000
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Literary creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
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Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2025
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Namur · since 2017
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Other business support services · Tubize · since 2010
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Other business support services · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tielt-Winge · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of AUSTIS TOITURES · Roofing work · Aywaille · since 1999
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Aalter · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Beloeil · since 2021