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Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“STAND-IDEAS”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • STAND-IDEAS same name
    Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
  • STAND very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • STANDID similar
    Other business support services · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1996
  • STANDid+ similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2022
  • STAND IN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 1995
  • Standis similar
    Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Laakdal · since 2007
  • STANDIG similar
    Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Dental practice · since 2024
  • Stan similar
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • STAN similar
    Real estate agency activities · Erpe-Mere · since 1991
  • STAN similar
    Wevelgem · since 1998
  • STAN similar
    Cafés and bars · Turnhout · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Insulation installation · since 2016
  • STAN similar
    Abbreviation of TREFPUNT VERSTANDELIJKE HANDICAP · Schaarbeek · since 2018
  • Stan similar
    Brecht · since 2019
  • STAN similar
    Oudenaarde · since 2021
  • Stan similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Zandhoven · since 2021
  • STAN similar
    Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
  • STAN similar
    Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2010
  • ST'AN similar
    Name of an establishment · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Soignies · since 2011
  • STAN similar
    Office administrative and support services · Binche · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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