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.
“STERIS”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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HURTH · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Raeren · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of EXSTER · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Coating of metals · Schoten · since 2019
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other cleaning activities · Kortrijk · since 1972
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Site preparation · Assenede · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1984
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2010
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Other business support services · since 2012
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Schaarbeek · since 1986
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London · since 1989
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Beernem · since 2003
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Other cleaning activities · Elsene · since 2021
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Riemst · since 2003
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schilde · since 1996
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Pelt · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · Herk-de-Stad · since 2013
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Fitness centres · Gent · since 2015
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brecht · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of INSTAR · Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Ham · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kontich · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Wuustwezel · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lochristi · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2009
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Corsico · since 1998
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Deinze · since 2002
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1996
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Mixed farming · Aalter · since 2022
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Vocational training · since 2022
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Charleroi · since 2023
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TOULOUSE · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Eeklo · since 2024
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since 1970