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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.

“STERLAR”

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  • 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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • STERLAR same name
    Other technical testing and analysis · Kasterlee · since 2026
  • STERLAB very similar
    Vallauris Cedex · since 2018
  • STELAR very similar
    Leuven · since 2007
  • STELLAR very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2014
  • STELLAR very similar
    Other business support services · Gent · since 2016
  • STELLAR very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2018
  • Event catering · since 2021
  • Stellar very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2023
  • Stellar very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2024
  • STELLAR very similar
    Other financial services · Tervuren · since 2022
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Other information service activities · since 2024
  • STERLOO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1992
  • STERLIN similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 2012
  • STER similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
  • STERLANDRIX similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waterloo · since 2020
  • St Erlouf similar
    Abbreviation of BOULANGERIE - PATISSERIE MICHEL · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Honnelles · since 1988
  • STERLING similar
    Antwerpen · since 2012
  • Sterling similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2018
  • Sterling similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
  • Sterling similar
    Other financial services · Grimbergen · since 2011
  • STERLINE similar
    Development of residential building projects · Jurbise · since 2012
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1977
  • STERN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
  • STERO similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schilde · since 1996
  • STEAR similar
    Real estate agency activities · Koksijde · since 1996
  • STERU similar
    Pelt · since 2002
  • STERM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2013
  • Business and other management consultancy
  • Sterx similar
    Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · Herk-de-Stad · since 2013
  • STERK similar
    Fitness centres · Gent · since 2015
  • SterX similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brecht · since 2016
  • Physiotherapy · since 2016
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2019
  • Sterk similar
    Name of an establishment of INSTAR · Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2019
  • Steru similar
    Development of residential building projects · Ham · since 2019
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • STERA similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
  • STERQ similar
    Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Kortrijk · since 2020
  • STERI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
  • Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • STERK similar
    Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • Sterk similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Kontich · since 2022
  • Physiotherapy · since 2023
  • STERQ similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Wuustwezel · since 2023
  • Ster 5 similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lochristi · since 2025
  • Other personal services · since 2025
  • Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
  • Ster similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1970
  • Sterling similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Elsene · since 1968

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