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.
“OSTAR”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1988
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2000
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Ranst · since 1990
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Wetteren · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Office administrative and support services · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2022
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Development of non-residential building projects · Meise · since 2010
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Media representation · Beersel · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1965
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Organization for the Spiritual Treatment of Animals · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2024
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since 1993
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Calabi · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of OST - WEIGHING - DOSING & BULK - SYSTEMS · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Kruibeke · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Oiseaux Sans Tête · Literary creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Opus Ost · Other specialised design activities · Gent · since 2010
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Inland freight water transport · since 2024
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of BOODTS COSMETICS - BIOSTAR · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Waasmunster · since 1997
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Aartselaar · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2019
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Other business support services · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Willebroek · since 2022
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Kortrijk · since 2008
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Brussel · since 2004
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026
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Other financial services · Ternat · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1982
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Herzele · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Sorghvliedt Aartselaar Samenwerking · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ABCD · Vertoning van films · Gent · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Security, Talent development And Resilience · Landen · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nivelles · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Oeuvres Sociales du Personnel des Accumulateurs Tudor à Florival · Grez-Doiceau · since 1948
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Other business support services · since 2021