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.
“OSTARA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Jalhay · since 2014
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Activities of head offices · Wervik · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2012
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · since 2009
Names that resemble it 21 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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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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since 1993
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Psychology services · since 2021
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since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Calabi · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Morlanwelz · since 1990
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Elsene · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of GHIMAR · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Middelkerke · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Ukkel · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hasselt · since 2019
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · since 2008
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Essen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of TARA TECHNOLOGIE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2025
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Jette · since 1991