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.
“STERNA”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kontich · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Mechelen · since 2021
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Denderleeuw · since 1985
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy
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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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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of NIV · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DELIES · Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Hotton · since 2001
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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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since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2025
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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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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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Name of an establishment of Dailipharma · 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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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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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Geel · since 1991
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Plumbing work · Aalst · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of STEFIR · Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · Boortmeerbeek · since 2013
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Roeselare · since 2016
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Gent · since 2018
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Insulation installation · Eeklo · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Coating of metals · Schoten · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2021
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Braine-le-Château · since 2026
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since 1970
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Floreffe · since 1992