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.
“STERIBEL”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Beernem · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Braine-le-Comte · since 1968
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Other specialised construction activities · Roeselare · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1977
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Rijkevorsel · since 1966
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of STEFIR · Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Other cleaning activities · Kortrijk · since 1972
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Harelbeke · since 1988
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1989
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 1999
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Site preparation · Assenede · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of EXSTER · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Mixed farming · Tremelo · since 2001
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Other education · Herent · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ASCONA · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Elsene · since 1968
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since 1970