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.
“STERLIN”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 2012
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Other financial services · Grimbergen · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Jurbise · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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London · since 1989
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Verwerking en afwerking van hout · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2016
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Elsene · since 1968
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2021
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ITZEHOE · since 2004
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Vallauris Cedex · since 2018
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Other technical testing and analysis · Kasterlee · since 2026
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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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Abbreviation of STERLING INVESTMENT COMPANY · Schoten · since 1968
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Boom · since 1994
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BOULANGERIE - PATISSERIE MICHEL · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Honnelles · since 1988
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Other technical testing and analysis · Wuustwezel · since 2007
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2013
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Herne · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 1987
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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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Joinery installation · Genk · 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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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
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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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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · 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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Other building finishing work · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1992
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since 1970