Name check
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.
“GOLDSTAR”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of FODA · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Wuustwezel · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Herselt · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DEN BUREAU · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2010
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Denderleeuw · since 1984
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Courcelles · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MULTICO Group · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liedekerke · since 2010
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of PARTH · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Dendermonde · since 1991
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Trade name of Avventurina Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Pelt · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of ZS.BELLA · Hairdressing and barber services · Vielsalm · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Ranst · since 1990
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Wetteren · since 1995
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BK Consulting · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2023
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Manufacture of jewellery · Kontich · since 2024
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987
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Operation of sports facilities · Ieper · since 1992
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Other retail sale of food · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2018
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since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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General electrical installation work · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Snack & Slice City · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brecht · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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since 1976
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 1978