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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.

“HR Steps”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HR Steps same name
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
  • STEPS (sole trader) very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2008
  • Steps very similar
    Behandeling van gewassen na de oogst en van zaden voor vermeerdering · Gingelom · since 2010
  • Steps very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Bornem · since 2011
  • STEPS (sole trader) very similar
    Psychology services · since 2012
  • STEPS (sole trader) very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HRS TEAM similar
    Abbreviation of HAGELANDS RALLYSPORT TEAM · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1991
  • Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2023
  • teps similar
    Abbreviation of asbl tous ensemble pour le sport · La Louvière · since 2018

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