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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.

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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

42 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NEXT STEP same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 1994
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
  • Other building finishing work · since 1991
  • Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2015
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    Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Mons · since 2021
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    Business and other management consultancy · Sombreffe · since 2022
  • Physiotherapy · since 2023
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
  • NEXT STEP same name
    Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 2011
  • Other education · since 2004
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    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2014
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    Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2008
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    Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2025
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    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vorst · since 2018
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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    Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2023
  • NEXTEP very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2010
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    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Londerzeel · since 2020
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    Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2021
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    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2023
  • Next Step Invest very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Hannut · since 2003
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    Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Oudergem · since 2023
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    Cafés and bars · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2010
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    Market research and public opinion polling · Ranst · since 2008
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    Sports and recreation education · Dilbeek · since 2024
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    Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2021
  • Next Step Concept very similar
    Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
  • Bristol · since 2025
  • Your Next Step very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2015
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    Joinery installation · Ath · since 2015
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    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mol · since 2021
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    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Liège · since 2007
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    Sports and recreation education · Herentals · since 2018
  • Next (sole trader) very similar
    Freight transport by road · since 2020
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    Abbreviation of Network for Excellence in Training · Public relations and communication consultancy · Gavere · since 2021
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    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Begijnendijk · since 2023
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    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2009
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    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL NEXT · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Kortrijk · since 2011
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    Abbreviation of Nursing EXpert Treatments · Activities of holding companies · Thimister-Clermont · since 2008
  • NEXT very similar
    Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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    Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Gent · since 2026
  • NEXT very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of NEXT EVENT TECHNOLOGY Group · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Wavre · since 2021
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Development of residential building projects · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 2020
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
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    Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 2025
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    Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2014
  • Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2013
  • Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Herentals · since 2024
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    Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2020
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    Other business support services · Oud-Turnhout · since 2010
  • N(EX)T similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2015
  • Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2019
  • Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2023

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