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.
“INSTAR”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of INGINSTAR SL · General electrical installation work · ZARAGOZA · since 2015
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Interior design · since 2014
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Computer programming · Tremelo · since 2011
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Amsterdam · since 1983
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Materials recovery from waste · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2009
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Elsene · since 1975
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Meise · since 2021
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Etterbeek · since 1978
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Nazareth · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2016
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Joinery installation · La Louvière · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of instaal laswerken · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kapellen · since 2017
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Other specialised design activities · La Louvière · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BYOS · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Evere · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Staden · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Staden · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta - Société d'investissements Argenta - Investierungsgesellschaft Argenta · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1966
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Business and other management consultancy · Lo-Reninge · since 2013
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Kortemark · since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2009
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Wemmel · since 2023
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Tiel · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Morlanwelz · since 2003
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Insurance agents and brokers · Mol · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Flobecq · since 2017
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Brussel · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Hoogstraten · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2022
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San Giorgio Di Nogaro · since 2001
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2021