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.
“SHINESTAR”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2021
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Joinery installation · Asse · since 2017
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Arendonk · since 2024
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Amsterdam · since 1983
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of de chinezen · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Boussu · since 2006
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of ILLUMINATIO · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2001
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Translation services · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Other educational support services · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other personal services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Waterloo · since 1992
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2025
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1977
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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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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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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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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024