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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.

“BeStory”

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  • 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.

  • BeStory same name
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Quaregnon · since 2020
  • Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2018
  • BG STORY very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2021
  • Re-story very similar
    Literary creation · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Be The Story similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Meise · since 2022
  • BESTO similar
    Name of an establishment of HJ Management · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Turnhout · since 1990
  • BESTO similar
    Other specialised design activities · Pelt · since 2017
  • Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
  • BeStores similar
    Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • BestOF similar
    General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2019
  • BLUE STORY similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2019
  • Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 2023
  • BESTOV! similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2008
  • Other human health activities · since 2026
  • Best One similar
    Real estate agency activities · Namur · since 1992
  • BESTONE similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
  • BE.STONE similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hamois · since 2021
  • BESTOCK similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Herstal · since 2009
  • BEST similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1972
  • BEST similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 1981
  • BEST similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Anderlecht · since 1986
  • BEST similar
    Machelen (Brab.) · since 1990
  • B.E.S.T. similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET DE SERVICES TECHNIQUES · Market research and public opinion polling · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
  • B.E.S.T. similar
    Dunkerque · since 1992
  • BEST similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EVALUATION DES SOINS DE SANTE ET DES TECHNOLOGIES · Wavre · since 1994
  • BEST similar
    Abbreviation of Belangengroep Stotteraars · Gent · since 1994
  • B.E.S.T. similar
    Hasselt · since 1997
  • BEST similar
    Abbreviation of Brabant East Swimming Team Diest · Diest · since 1997
  • BeSt similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1999
  • BEST similar
    Kasterlee · since 1999
  • BEST similar
    Abbreviation of Board of European Students of Technology (Bureau des étudiants européens de technologie) · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
  • B.E.S.T. similar
    Abbreviation of BRUSSELS EDUCATION SOCCER TRAININGS · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
  • Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
  • BEST similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
  • BES't similar
    Other retail sale of food · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
  • B.E.St. similar
    Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Stiévenart · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Honnelles · since 2011
  • BeST similar
    Abbreviation of Beryllium Science and Technology Association · Etterbeek · since 2011
  • BE.ST similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2011
  • BEST similar
    Abbreviation of Belgium Events Services for Technicians · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Wavre · since 2008
  • Freight transport by road · since 2024
  • BeST similar
    Abbreviation of Belgian Society for Trauma · Vocational training · Gent · since 2025
  • bestowin similar
    Groothandel in meet-, controle- en navigatieinstrumenten · Wommelgem · since 2016
  • Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 1998
  • BES'TS similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2002
  • Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2001
  • BESTM similar
    Name of an establishment of XLNBT · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2018
  • BeSte similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Diksmuide · since 2019
  • BESTA similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grimbergen · since 2020
  • BESTT similar
    Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2021
  • BESTA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2010
  • BEST 1 similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hasselt · since 2025

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