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.
“STOA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1969
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Brussel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Asse · since 1991
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Dental practice · Landen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SAVE TRAININGEN & OPLEIDINGEN · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brugge · since 2014
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Trade name of SETO · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1974
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Dendermonde · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of VIMAR · Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Studie en Ontwikkelingscentrum Kempen · Turnhout · since 1989
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Abbreviation of STEDELIJKE OUDHEIDKUNDIGE COMMISSIE WERVIK · Wervik · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Steunpunt Onderzoek en Begeleiding · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Sint-Truidense Oldtimer Fanaten · Other amusement and recreation activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2024
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Abbreviation of STOFFEL Consulting · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wavre · since 2025
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Vocational training · Eghezée · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · since 2004