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.
“STOOPEN”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Lille · since 1975
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Graphic design and visual communication · Brussel · since 2009
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gieten van andere non-ferrometalen · Fleurus · since 1968
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Merksplas · since 1988
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gent · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 1999
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2017
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since 1993
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Liège · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · Lievegem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of POTS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Event catering · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Arendonk · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2011
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Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Leonno · Mobile food service activities · Leuven · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of De Stoomfabriek · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026