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“STERNAA”

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • STERNAA same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
  • STERNA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2015
  • STERNAE very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Kontich · since 2019
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • STERN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
  • STERNE similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2024
  • STERNET similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hotton · since 2001
  • STER similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1991
  • STERNA GROUP similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · Mechelen · since 2021
  • Sternova similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2025
  • STERO similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schilde · since 1996
  • STERU similar
    Pelt · since 2002
  • STERM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    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
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2016
  • 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
  • Sole trader similar
    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
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2020
  • STERI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
  • STERK similar
    Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • Sterk similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Kontich · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    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
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
  • STERNES similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Floreffe · since 1992
  • Ster similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1970

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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