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.
“KESTAR”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bertem · since 2019
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Geraardsbergen · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 2001
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Lochristi · since 2022
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Event catering · Mechelen · since 2012
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2001
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Machining of metals · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Sorghvliedt Aartselaar Samenwerking · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Brugge · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Security, Talent development And Resilience · Landen · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Tu.Ris. · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021