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“STERN”

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30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • STERN same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
  • STERNA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2015
  • STERNE very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2021
  • STERO very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schilde · since 1996
  • STERU very similar
    Pelt · since 2002
  • STERM very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy
  • Sterx very similar
    Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · Herk-de-Stad · since 2013
  • STERK very similar
    Fitness centres · Gent · since 2015
  • SterX very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brecht · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2016
  • Sterk very similar
    Name of an establishment of INSTAR · Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2019
  • Steru very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Ham · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • STERA very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
  • STERQ very similar
    Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Kortrijk · since 2020
  • STERI very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
  • STERK very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • Sterk very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Kontich · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2023
  • STERQ very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Wuustwezel · since 2023
  • Ster 5 very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lochristi · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other personal services · since 2025
  • Studio STERN very similar
    Abbreviation of Studio STERN Architectuur · Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other business support services · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Joinery installation · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2025
  • Stearn very similar
    Name of an establishment of LiteHouse Talents · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2012
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • STER similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
  • STERNET similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hotton · since 2001
  • STERNAA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
  • STERNAE similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Kontich · since 2019
  • SEESTERN similar
    De Panne · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1991
  • Sternova similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2025
  • STERNIDAE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2015
  • STERKO similar
    since 1989
  • STERIS similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
  • STERCO similar
    General electrical installation work · Geel · since 1991
  • STERCK similar
    Plumbing work · Aalst · since 1998
  • STERCK similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · Boortmeerbeek · since 2013
  • STERKO similar
    Agents and brokers in banking services · Roeselare · since 2016
  • STERKK similar
    Insulation installation · Maarkedal · since 2018
  • Ste-Rom similar
    Activities of building architects · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
  • STERCI similar
    Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
  • STERKS similar
    Coating of metals · Schoten · since 2019
  • STERZA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2020
  • STER-CO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2021
  • STER 14 similar
    Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2022
  • Sterko similar
    Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Kortenberg · since 2022
  • Stereo similar
    Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Sterbo similar
    Name of an establishment · Site preparation · Rijkevorsel · since 2006
  • Ster MS similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Duffel · since 2024
  • Sterio similar
    Development of residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2025
  • Ster similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1970
  • STERNES similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Floreffe · since 1992

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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