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.
“ST-OPS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 2008
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Merksplas · since 1988
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Gistel · since 2009
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Dendermonde · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of VIMAR · Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
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Other construction installation · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2016
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of CH GROUP · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of EJM · Landscape service activities · Chièvres · since 2012
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Asse · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SAVE TRAININGEN & OPLEIDINGEN · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brugge · since 2014
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Trade name of SETO · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Abbreviation of CITIZENS AGAINST THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Charleroi · since 1991
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Geel · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of P. Tops · Business and other management consultancy · Wijnegem · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Hasselt · since 2010
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Raising of dairy cattle · Lille · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BULDUK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Oud-Turnhout · since 2007
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Halle · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2025