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.
“SAMA STAR”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2012
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mouscron · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Brugge · since 2019
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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 · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Tervuren · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of GABI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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Other specialised design activities · Leuven · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Hoeilaart · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2012
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other business support services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
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Fitness centres · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Performing arts by independent artists · Elsene · since 2013
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Antwerpen · since 2012
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Lasne · since 2014