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 STER”

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

41 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

deSter same name

Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Hoogstraten · since 1973
De Ster same name

Event catering · Mortsel · since 1981
DE STER same name

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 same name

Amsterdam · since 1987
De Ster same name

Arendonk · since 1988
DE STER same name

since 1988
DE STER same name

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

Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Herselt · since 1989
DE STER same name

Amsterdam · since 1996
DE STER same name

Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 1999
DE STER same name

Antwerpen · since 2003
De Ster (sole trader) same name

Cafés and bars · since 2014
DE STER same name

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

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

Full-service restaurants · since 1991
De Ster same name

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

Name of an establishment of Café J&J · Full-service restaurants · Wetteren · since 2018
De Ster (sole trader) same name

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

Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · since 2020
DE STER same name

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

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

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

Full-service restaurants · since 1982
De Ster (sole trader) same name

Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2004
De Ster same name

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

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

Full-service restaurants · since 2015
De Ster same name

Name of an establishment of BHS Center · Other postal and courier activities · Lokeren · since 2024
De Ster same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

Gent · since 1996
DE STERN very similar

Oostende · since 1992
De Stern very similar

Wevelgem · since 2020
Deester very similar

Landscape service activities · Brecht · since 2021
DESTE very similar

Abbreviation of DESOT STEFANIE · Brugge · since 2022
De Sterre very similar

Nutrition and dietetics services · Gent · since 1993
DE TESTER very similar

Other non-specialised retail sale · AMSTERDAM · since 2022
DE STERRE (sole trader) very similar

Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 1997
DE OESTER very similar

Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2005
De Sterre (sole trader) very similar

Psychology services · since 2025
DE STEP very similar

Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Antwerpen · since 1995
De Stek very similar

Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Mechelen · since 2018
DESTEL very similar

Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2003

Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

De Zeester similar

Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Gavere · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Gavere · since 1968
DE MEESTER similar

Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Mol · since 1947
De Zeester similar

Oostende · since 1967
De Steiger similar

Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Lokeren · since 1966
DE STERREN similar

General medical practice · Bierbeek · since 1985
De Steiger similar

Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Koksijde · since 1993
DE MEESTER similar

Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1994
DE STEIGER similar

Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Dendermonde · since 1994
De Moester similar

Name of an establishment of Hand in Hand · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1995
De Steiger similar

Name of an establishment of KIOSK · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Wommelgem · since 1997
De Meester (sole trader) similar

Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1985
Demeester similar

Real estate agency activities · Poperinge · since 2017
DE STEYGER (sole trader) similar

Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
De Steiger similar

Tielt · since 2020
Demeester (sole trader) similar

General electrical installation work · since 2023
de Meester similar

Painting of buildings · Jabbeke · since 2009
De Moester similar

Name of an establishment of Psychiatrisch Centrum Gent-Sleidinge · Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Gent · since 2011
DE STEKKER (sole trader) similar

General electrical installation work · since 2011
DE ZEESTER (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1994
Demeester (sole trader) similar

Painting of buildings · since 2024
De Meester (sole trader) similar

Mixed farming · since 2025
De Meester (sole trader) similar

Mixed farming · since 2025
De Meester similar

Mixed farming · Zulte · since 2025
Demeester similar

Activities of lawyers · Kontich · since 2026

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