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.
“GOSTAR”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landscape service activities · Ranst · since 1990
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Wetteren · since 1995
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Abbreviation of SECUREX ONDERNEMINGSLOKET - SECUREX GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2011
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Willebroek · since 2022
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Brussel · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Courcelles · since 2025
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Saint-Nicolas · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Office administrative and support services · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2008
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Development of non-residential building projects · Meise · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1965
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vorst · since 1991
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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lasne · since 1987
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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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Other software publishing · Zaventem · since 2019
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Herselt · since 2019
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Other information service activities · Brussel · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of DEN BUREAU · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2010
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2018
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Perwez · since 1965
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · Soignies · since 2021
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Denderleeuw · since 1984
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Cafés and bars · Kontich · since 2017