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“NEW START”

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Same or very similar names

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NEW START same name
    Freight transport by road · since 1998
  • NEW START same name
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · La Louvière · since 2018
  • NEW START same name
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2005
  • Sole trader same name
    Support activities for crop production · since 2007
  • New Star very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · since 1991
  • Sole trader very similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2011
  • New Star Taxi very similar
    Name of an establishment of Zwitina · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Aartselaar · since 2017
  • Netstart very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2003
  • NEW START CONCEPT very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waimes · since 2002
  • New Start Property very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Ramillies · since 2021
  • BRAND NEW START very similar
    Book publishing · Vorst · since 2008
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NEW STAR 168 similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Brussel · since 2013
  • Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dalhem · since 1996
  • NEW STADE similar
    Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
  • NEWSTACK similar
    Other retail sale of food · Honnelles · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
  • NEW STATE similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Zaventem · since 2024
  • Name of an establishment of GARA 7 · Cafés and bars · since 2025
  • Tervuren · since 1949
  • NEW ART similar
    Plumbing work · Etterbeek · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2000
  • NEWART similar
    Abbreviation of NEWART PRODUCTIONS · Productie van televisiefilms · Schaarbeek · since 2007
  • N. START similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2008
  • New Stop similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1979
  • Newstep similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2020
  • NewPart similar
    Vroomshoop · since 2020
  • Nectart similar
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Genappe · since 2021
  • NEW PART similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Juprelle · since 2023
  • NEW STOP similar
    Name of an establishment of CH.MALIK · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2011
  • Nystart similar
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
  • NEW S similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bastogne · since 1990
  • NEWS similar
    Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 1990
  • N.E.W.S. similar
    Abbreviation of NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH · Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
  • N[E]WS similar
    Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
  • News similar
    Name of an establishment of new east west spirit · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2003
  • New-Art similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of antiques · Hooglede · since 2015
  • New Star of India similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1997
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2000

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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