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.
“STAR - AUTO”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Haaltert · since 2019
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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
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Baelen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ECC · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kraainem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GROUP DARIMONT · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jalhay · since 1994
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Courcelles · since 1997
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Liège · since 2002
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jalhay · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Péruwelz · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liège · since 1965