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.
“STENO”
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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Activities of holding companies · Horebeke · since 2017
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Day nurseries and crèches · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Geraardsbergen · since 1973
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Activities of head offices · Anzegem · since 2025
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Denderleeuw · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1988
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Holsbeek · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Lochristi · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 1986
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Plastering work · since 2026
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Sprimont · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NIV · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Begijnendijk · since 2020
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Naaldwijk · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Zulte · since 2023
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SMART GRID FRIENDLY · General electrical installation work · Frameries · since 1986
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Insulation installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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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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Abbreviation of SAINT-EMPIRE · Insurance agents and brokers · Oudergem · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Sustainable Technics & Engineering · Plumbing work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1985
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Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 1995
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Trade name · Office administrative and support services · Temse · since 2015
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Paris · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Putte · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lebbeke · since 2010
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Other education · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ronse · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nijlen · since 2025
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Hoogstraten · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Leuven · since 2026
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Evergem · since 1990
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Grimbergen · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · since 2017