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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“STOKI”

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.

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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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • STOKI same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Estinnes · since 2022
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
  • STOKA very similar
    Site preparation · Kortenberg · since 1981
  • Stoke very similar
    Event catering · Geel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Stok similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1974
  • Stok similar
    Abbreviation of Studie en Ontwikkelingscentrum Kempen · Turnhout · since 1989
  • Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2011
  • Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2013
  • STOKED similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Halle · since 2013
  • STOKED similar
    Sports and recreation education · Halle · since 2016
  • Plumbing work · since 2017
  • STOKAS similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Ukkel · since 2024
  • STO similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Asse · since 1991
  • S.T.O. similar
    Abbreviation of SAVE TRAININGEN & OPLEIDINGEN · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brugge · since 2014
  • STO similar
    Trade name of SETO · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2017
  • Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
  • since 1969
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2011
  • STOKOTA similar
    Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Lokeren · since 1968
  • STOKVIS similar
    Name of an establishment of Stokvis Techniek · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Roosendaal · since 1984
  • STOKJES similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1993
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1999
  • STOKERS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
  • @TOKI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
  • General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • TOKI similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2024

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