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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

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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

24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • STEP OUT same name
    Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • Other education · since 2025
  • STEP very similar
    Abbreviation of NO HEADACHE · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Elsene · since 1986
  • STEP very similar
    Abbreviation of Stichting Ergonomie en Preventie · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • S.T.E.P. very similar
    Abbreviation of Showtime Total Events and Productions · Holsbeek · since 1990
  • STEP+ very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2012
  • STEP very similar
    Abbreviation of Support To Electoral Process · Schaarbeek · since 2015
  • STEP very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2016
  • STEP very similar
    Abbreviation of VZW STEP · Alken · since 2016
  • STEP very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
  • STEP (sole trader) very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL BALTEAU WANTY NETHEN · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2021
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL WANTY MORLANWELZ · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2022
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL SOCOGETRA HOUDEMONT · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2022
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of SOCIETE MOMENTANEE JOHN COCKERILL DHERTE BOUSSOIT · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2022
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of SOCIETE MOMENTANEE JC JANDENUL CINEY · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2023
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of SOCIETE MOMENTANEE JC SOCOGETRA CEREXHE · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2023
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of SOCIETE SIMPLE JOHN COCKERILL JANDENUL WASMUEL 1 · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2023
  • STEP (sole trader) very similar
    Floor and wall tiling · since 2010
  • S.T.-E.P. very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Welkenraedt · since 2012
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of SOCIETE SIMPLE MOMENTANEE GONRIEUX · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2025
  • STEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of SSM BALTEAU GALERE OREYE · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2026
  • Advertising agencies · since 2013
  • Advertising agencies · Genk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • StepOne similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • Other information technology and computer services · since 2022
  • Step One similar
    Pelt · since 2022
  • STEFWOUT similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wingene · since 2013
  • STEP ON IT similar
    Alken · since 2008
  • STEPP similar
    Name of an establishment of GIRALDO · Retail sale of footwear · Brugge · since 1973
  • STEPP similar
    Abbreviation of STEUNPUNT VOOR PRODUCTIONELE, ONTWERPENDE en TECHNISCHE KRACHTEN VAN DE BREDE CULTURELE SECTOR · Brussel · since 1981
  • stepp similar
    Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1986
  • STEPA similar
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Evere · since 1997
  • STEP 2 similar
    Roofing work · Leuven · since 1999
  • STEP.X similar
    Full-service restaurants · Rixensart · since 2002
  • Step2 similar
    Full-service restaurants · Essen · since 2012
  • STEPP similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Lubbeek · since 2016
  • Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2020
  • STOUT similar
    Brugge · since 2021
  • STOUT similar
    Other membership organisations · Oostende · since 2022
  • STOUT similar
    Abbreviation of STOUT MARKETING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2022
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
  • STOUT similar
    Joinery installation · Gent · since 2022
  • STEP4 similar
    Other business support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
  • STEP2 similar
    Aarschot · since 2023
  • Landscape service activities · since 2008
  • STEP2+ similar
    Travel agency activities · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2009
  • Steps similar
    Behandeling van gewassen na de oogst en van zaden voor vermeerdering · Gingelom · since 2010
  • Steps similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Bornem · since 2011
  • Psychology services · since 2012
  • Painting of buildings · since 2012
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
  • Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Beerse · since 2026

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