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.
“STOGEMA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Warehousing and storage · Tournai · since 1983
-
Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2015
-
Brugge · since 1992
-
Lys-lez-Lannoy · since 1995
-
Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1983
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Event catering · Antwerpen · since 1982
-
Name of an establishment of E.B.S. · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 1997
-
Wholesale of machine tools · Grez-Doiceau · since 1988
-
Steinfort · since 1989
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ohey · since 1993
-
New Castle County 19810 · since 1998
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2000
-
Advertising agencies · since 2000
-
Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2021
-
Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · Comines-Warneton · since 2006
-
Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2026
-
Name of an establishment of Gema Ancienne Maison Henri Gentges · Warehousing and storage · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1970
-
Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Affligem · since 2010
-
Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Grobbendonk · since 2017
-
Gent · since 1999