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.
“POLESTAR”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Sterckx - De Smet Brussels · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Halle · since 2000
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Aarschot · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ACG PERFORMANCE · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2020
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Other business support services · Aalter · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zaventem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Vermant Antwerpen · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 1984
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 2001
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Göteborg · since 2019
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Translation services · Leuven · since 2025
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Riemst · since 1975
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Geraardsbergen · since 1989
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Development of non-residential building projects · Meise · since 2010
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Football clubs · Zedelgem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of PERFORMATIVE OFFICE OF LIVING EXPERIMENTATIONS · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bertem · since 2019