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.

“DE STEPPE”

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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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

DE STEPPE same name

Operation of sports facilities · Mol · since 1982
DE STEP very similar

Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Antwerpen · since 1995
DE STAPPE very similar

Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Hove · since 1978
DE SNEPPE very similar

Real estate agency activities · Tielt · since 1990
DE SNEPPE very similar

Development of residential building projects · Damme · since 1992
De Sneppe (sole trader) very similar

Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2009
STEPPE very similar

Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1963
Steppe very similar

Real estate agency activities · Meise · since 1982
STEPPE very similar

Lasne · since 1984
Steppe (sole trader) very similar

Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
DE COSTER - STEPPE very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Ninove · since 1985

Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

DESTE similar

Abbreviation of DESOT STEFANIE · Brugge · since 2022
De Stroppe (sole trader) similar

Construction of roads and motorways · since 1989
deSter similar

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

Event catering · Mortsel · since 1981
DE STER 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 similar

Amsterdam · since 1987
De Ster similar

Arendonk · since 1988
DE STER similar

since 1988
DE STER similar

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

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

Amsterdam · since 1996
DE STER similar

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

Antwerpen · since 2003
De Ster (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2014
DE STER similar

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

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

Full-service restaurants · since 1991
De Ster similar

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

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

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

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

Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · since 2020
DE STER similar

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

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

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

Full-service restaurants · since 1982
DESTEL similar

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

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

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

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

Full-service restaurants · since 2015
De Ster similar

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

Cafés and bars · Zemst · since 1982
De Steeg similar

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

Oostende · since 1992
De Stern similar

Wevelgem · since 2020
DESTeen similar

Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Destelbergen · since 2025
Dester, Philippe (sole trader) similar

Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2020
DEST similar

Proefboren en boren · Rijkevorsel · since 2013
DR. ANN STEPPE similar

Psychology services · Hoogstraten · since 2013
D.E.S.T. similar

Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT, ENTRAIDE, SOLIDARITE DANS LE TRAVAIL · Gerpinnes · since 2020
Jelle Steppe (sole trader) similar

Machining of metals · since 2022
DE STERAPPEL (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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
De Ster similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Gent · since 1996
De Steeg (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Cafés and bars · since 2008

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