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“DOTSTEP”

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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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DOTSTEP same name
    Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
  • DO-STEP very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 2024
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Dots similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • DOTS similar
    Uitgeven van computerspellen · Berloz · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • DOORSTEP similar
    Advertising agencies · Duffel · since 2021
  • DOTSU similar
    Insulation installation · Jette · since 2021
  • STEP similar
    Abbreviation of Stichting Ergonomie en Preventie · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • S.T.E.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Showtime Total Events and Productions · Holsbeek · since 1990
  • STEP+ similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2012
  • STEP similar
    Abbreviation of Support To Electoral Process · Schaarbeek · since 2015
  • STEP similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2016
  • STEP similar
    Abbreviation of VZW STEP · Alken · since 2016
  • STEP similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Floor and wall tiling · since 2010
  • S.T.-E.P. similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Welkenraedt · since 2012

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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