Name check

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.

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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

35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

DE STEP same name

Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Antwerpen · since 1995
DESTE very similar

Abbreviation of DESOT STEFANIE · Brugge · since 2022
DE STEPPE very similar

Operation of sports facilities · Mol · since 1982
deSter very similar

Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Hoogstraten · since 1973
De Ster very similar

Event catering · Mortsel · since 1981
DE STER very similar

Name of an establishment of K & G BVBA · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Laarne · since 1986
DE STER BV very similar

Amsterdam · since 1987
De Ster very similar

Arendonk · since 1988
DE STER very similar

since 1988
DE STER very similar

Name of an establishment of S & D COMPANY · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Lokeren · since 1989
DE STER very similar

Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Herselt · since 1989
DE STER very similar

Amsterdam · since 1996
DE STER very similar

Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 1999
DE STER very similar

Antwerpen · since 2003
De Ster (sole trader) very similar

Cafés and bars · since 2014
DE STER very similar

Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Lubbeek · since 2013
DE STER very similar

Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2015
DE STER (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1991
De Ster very similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Erpe-Mere · since 2017
De Ster very similar

Name of an establishment of Café J&J · Full-service restaurants · Wetteren · since 2018
De Stek very similar

Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Mechelen · since 2018
De Ster (sole trader) very similar

Cafés and bars · since 1976
De Ster (sole trader) very similar

Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · since 2020
DE STER very similar

Name of an establishment of Santiago · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
DE STER (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1978
DE STER (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1980
DE STER (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1982
DESTEL very similar

Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2003
De Ster (sole trader) very similar

Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2004
De Ster very similar

Name of an establishment of HET EETSTERREKE · Full-service restaurants · Dessel · since 2004
DE STER (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1984
De Ster (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2015
De Ster very similar

Name of an establishment of BHS Center · Other postal and courier activities · Lokeren · since 2024
ESTEP very similar

Abbreviation of ESTEP, Plateforme Technologique Européenne de l'Acier · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2018
De Ster very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Gent · since 1996

Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

De Steeg similar

Full-service restaurants · Liedekerke · since 1990
DE STERN similar

Oostende · since 1992
DE STERCKE P. similar

Construction of roads and motorways · Berlare · since 1998
DEST similar

Proefboren en boren · Rijkevorsel · since 2013
DESIGN STEP similar

Dudelange · since 2020
D.E.S.T. similar

Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT, ENTRAIDE, SOLIDARITE DANS LE TRAVAIL · Gerpinnes · since 2020
De Stern similar

Wevelgem · since 2020
DEST similar

Abbreviation of Dest International · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brussel · since 2023
DEST (sole trader) similar

Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
DESTeen similar

Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Destelbergen · since 2025
DE STRIEP similar

Name of an establishment of STRIPWEB · Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Kortrijk · since 1987
DE STREEP similar

Destelbergen · since 1987
De Sterre similar

Nutrition and dietetics services · Gent · since 1993
DE STEVEN similar

Name of an establishment of DOMA · Plumbing work · Ranst · since 2013
De Stenen similar

Buying and selling of own real estate · Hove · since 2017
Destegro (sole trader) similar

Site preparation · since 2020
NuDeStep similar

Nursing and midwifery · Halen · since 2022
DE STERRE (sole trader) similar

Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 1997
DE STEEGE similar

Development of residential building projects · Zaventem · since 2012
DESTELEC (sole trader) similar

General electrical installation work · since 2006
Sidestep similar

Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2024
De Sterre (sole trader) similar

Psychology services · since 2025
Desta similar

Vervaardiging van bakstenen · Hoogstraten · since 1956
DESTA similar

Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1985
Desto similar

Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2024
De Steeg (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Cafés and bars · since 2008
DECOSTEP similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2016

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