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.
“STERNE”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hotton · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2015
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Arras · since 1973
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kontich · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Schilde · since 2008
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Floreffe · since 1992
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
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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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Development of residential building projects · Jurbise · since 2012
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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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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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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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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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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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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Geel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Plumbing work · Aalst · since 1998
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Activities of lawyers · since 2013
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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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Name of an establishment · Insulation installation · Maarkedal · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zonhoven · since 2011
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Other business support services · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Duffel · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Braine-le-Château · since 2026
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since 1970