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 BOX”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1994
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Bonheiden · since 2023
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Houthalen-Helchteren · 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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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
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ronse · since 1995
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Abbreviation of STAR BUSINESS CENTER · Deinze · since 2012
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Retail sale of bicycles · Tintigny · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 1989
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Zonhoven · since 2020
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · La Louvière · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SAFETY TOOLS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY · Wholesale of machine tools · Aartselaar · since 1982
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Lasne · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE THEATRES POUR L'ACHAT ET LA RESERVATION DE TICKETS - SAMENWERKENDE THEATERS VOOR AANKOOP EN DE RESERVATIE VAN TICKETS · Brussel · since 1987
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Artos · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Etterbeek · since 1999
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2003
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Abbreviation of STARC Studio d’Architecture · Activities of building architects · Gembloux · since 2014
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Insulation installation · Wervik · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Statistical Theory, Analytics, Robustness Consulting · Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Steinfort · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Zoutleeuw · since 2021
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Name of Soccer Experience Studio · Sports and recreation education · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Braine-le-Comte · since 2022
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Abbreviation of FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES "St'art" · Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · Leuven · since 2009
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Brugge · since 2007
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lille · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of STARK COMPANY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Roeselare · since 1991
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ZFS · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2019