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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“AUTO START”

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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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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AUTO START same name
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Zandhoven · since 1985
  • AUTO-START same name
    Name of an establishment of AUTO-ECOLE AUTO-START · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Schaarbeek · since 2016
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
  • Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
  • Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2012
  • AUTO SMART very similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vilvoorde · since 2021
  • AUTO'S BART very similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dendermonde · since 2007
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
  • Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
  • AB AUTOSTAR similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Visé · since 2009
  • AUTOSTAL MAK similar
    Abbreviation of Nationale Autorenstal Mechelse Auto Klub · Putte · since 1970
  • Autostuc similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Genk · since 1958
  • Auto Stop similar
    Elsene · since 1953
  • AUTOSTOP similar
    Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Leuven · since 1987
  • General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
  • Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2010
  • Auto-Bart similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mortsel · since 2021
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1999
  • Auto Stop similar
    Name of an establishment of MORINO · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
  • AUTOSTOCK similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maasmechelen · since 1990
  • AUTO'S kurt similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kampenhout · since 2001
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
  • Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1990
  • Materials recovery from waste · since 1983
  • General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2002
  • Auto's T&T similar
    Name of an establishment of PIKAERTS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vilvoorde · since 2009
  • since 1983
  • Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2022
  • AUTO SV similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herstal · since 2007
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herent · since 1979
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wevelgem · since 2018
  • AUTOSTRADE similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beernem · since 1992
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1995
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
  • Run to Start similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2016
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortenberg · since 2021
  • Autostore B similar
    Name of an establishment of B&A CENTER · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Zaventem · since 2025
  • Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
  • AUTO STORE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Farciennes · since 2022
  • AUTOSTORE B similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2023

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