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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.

“CSTNC”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CSTNC same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2018
  • CSTNX (sole trader) very similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2021
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • C.S.T. similar
    Abbreviation of CONSULTIM SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY · Real estate agency activities · Namur · since 1991
  • C.S.T. similar
    Abbreviation of COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 1991
  • C.S.T. similar
    Abbreviation of CONSULTING-SERVICES-TEAM · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Anderlecht · since 1995
  • C.S.T. similar
    Abbreviation of COMPUTER SATELLITE TELECOM · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Etterbeek · since 2000
  • CST similar
    Cafés and bars · Zoersel · since 2013
  • Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · since 1992
  • CST similar
    Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
  • C.S.T. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2007
  • CST similar
    Abbreviation of Concrete Solutions Tuur · Screed work · Oudsbergen · since 2025
  • CST similar
    Abbreviation of Cordaro Specific Training · La Louvière · since 2026
  • C.S.T. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of COMPUTERS EN MULTIMEDIA OP SCHOOL EN THUIS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1997

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