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.
“STEK.”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Socio-cultural adult education · Poperinge · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2019
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Other education · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Oudsbergen · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Psychology services · Lanaken · since 2024
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Diepenbeek · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Concept'N · Activities of interior architects · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Hasselt · since 1991
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Hasselt · since 1991
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Other business support services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Oudsbergen · since 2010
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Zemst · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2024
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Other social work without accommodation · Gent · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Emmeloord · since 2026
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Dendermonde · since 1928
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Name of an establishment of SMART GRID FRIENDLY · General electrical installation work · Frameries · since 1986
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Schoten · since 1996
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Insulation installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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Site preparation · Grimbergen · since 2016
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Logistics services · since 2017
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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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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SAINT-EMPIRE · Insurance agents and brokers · Oudergem · since 2009
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Waregem · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Wavre · since 2004
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Sustainable Technics & Engineering · Plumbing work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Kouvola · since 2001
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Lokeren · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 2024
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Dendermonde · since 2026
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Trade name of STEF LOGISTICS SAINTES · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tubize · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Showtime Total Events and Productions · Holsbeek · since 1990
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Mixed farming · Tremelo · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2012
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2025
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Pittem · since 2017