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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.

“NEW STATE”

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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.

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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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NEW STATE same name
    Other specialised construction activities · Zaventem · since 2024
  • NESTATE very similar
    Name of an establishment of WALKER'S · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1992
  • NESTATE very similar
    Name of an establishment of BLUEBIRD INVEST · Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Waterloo · since 2017
  • NEW STADE very similar
    Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • New Star similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2018
  • Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · since 1991
  • Cafés and bars · since 2011
  • NEW START similar
    Freight transport by road · since 1998
  • NEW START similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · La Louvière · since 2018
  • NEWSTACK similar
    Other retail sale of food · Honnelles · since 2020
  • NEW START similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2005
  • Support activities for crop production · since 2007
  • NEED STATE similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 2018
  • Nevestate similar
    Activities of holding companies · Ninove · since 2024
  • NEW STAR 168 similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Brussel · since 2013
  • Next Estate similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Izegem · since 2025
  • 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
  • NEW STOP similar
    Name of an establishment of CH.MALIK · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2011
  • 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
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
  • Name of an establishment of Zwitina · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Aartselaar · since 2017
  • N[E]WS similar
    Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
  • NEUROESTATE similar
    Real estate agency activities · Kraainem · since 2010
  • News similar
    Name of an establishment of new east west spirit · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2003
  • Name of an establishment of GARA 7 · Cafés and bars · since 2025
  • Nexus Estate similar
    Development of residential building projects · Waterloo · since 2025
  • Development of residential building projects · Veurne · since 2026
  • NEW STRATEGY similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Beloeil · since 2026
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2000

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