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.
“STAVIE”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Mons · since 2020
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Computer programming · Kortenaken · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Erpe-Mere · since 2015
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 1988
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Oostkamp · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of HOPBARGE · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Tyre services · Gent · since 2017
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Sint - Truidense Autoverdelers · Sint-Truiden · since 1980
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Joinery installation · Tielt · since 1993
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Flémalle · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DB PARTNERS · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Holsbeek · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Avelgem · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2025
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Stavelot · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2023