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Name check

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.

“STERIMED”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • STERIMED same name
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Riemst · since 2003
  • STERAMED very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2014
  • STERAMED very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Gistel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • STERIMA similar
    Other cleaning activities · Kortrijk · since 1972
  • STERI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
  • STERIS similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
  • STEMED similar
    Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 1991
  • STERIS similar
    Name of an establishment of STEFIR · Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2012
  • Sterio similar
    Development of residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2025
  • STEERIM similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1997
  • SARIMED similar
    since 2015
  • STERIKO similar
    Site preparation · Assenede · since 2023
  • Sterius similar
    Name of an establishment of EXSTER · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
  • STER similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
  • S.T.E.D. similar
    Dental practice · Charleroi · since 2005
  • STIMED similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Meise · since 2006
  • Ster similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1970

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