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.
“STEFEX”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 1987
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Brussel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2022
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Lokeren · since 1995
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2014
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Activities of head offices · Pajottegem · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Holsbeek · since 2006
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of STEF LOGISTICS SAINTES · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tubize · since 1976
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2001
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Destelbergen · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2025
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · Westerlo · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Ans · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anzegem · since 1985
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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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Overige plantenvermeerdering · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2016
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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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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Arendonk · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Beringen · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2003
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Oudenburg · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · Lebbeke · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2026