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.
“STEF”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Trade name of STEF LOGISTICS SAINTES · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tubize · since 1976
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2015
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · Lebbeke · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Dufest · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Duffel · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Other education · since 2026
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Other technical testing and analysis · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Arendonk · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Destelbergen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Gent · since 1998
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2022
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Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anzegem · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of SMART GRID FRIENDLY · General electrical installation work · Frameries · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1987
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Freight transport by road · Veurne · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Bocholt · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Wijnegem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2014
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Insulation installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Logistics services · since 2017
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2018
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Wholesale of live animals · Lummen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Skeeler Team Evergem · Evergem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sport, travel & entertainment · Lennik · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Arendonk · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Beringen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SAINT-EMPIRE · Insurance agents and brokers · Oudergem · since 2009
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2003
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Oudenburg · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Holsbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Sustainable Technics & Engineering · Plumbing work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2026
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Brussel · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 1996
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1992
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Activities of bailiffs · Namur · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2018
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Event catering · Oudergem · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Veterinary services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Diksmuide · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Jabbeke · since 2007
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2024