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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“STOUT”

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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Same or very similar names

14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2020
  • STOUT same name
    Brugge · since 2021
  • STOUT same name
    Other membership organisations · Oostende · since 2022
  • STOUT same name
    Abbreviation of STOUT MARKETING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2022
  • Sole trader same name
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
  • STOUT same name
    Joinery installation · Gent · since 2022
  • stoutr very similar
    Name of DK HOLDING · Web portal activities · Boutersem · since 2025
  • STOUT & STOUT very similar
    GOES · since 2009
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1989
  • STOUR very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Tielt · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2012
  • STOUT KIEKEN very similar
    Name of an establishment of Belgium-Vending · Full-service restaurants · Wijnegem · since 1971
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer programming · since 2022
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2003
  • S-TOUCH similar
    Physiotherapy · Genappe · since 2018
  • 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
  • Sole trader similar
    Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2023
  • PAS TOUT similar
    Advertising agencies · Bierbeek · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
  • STEP OUT similar
    Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • Surtout similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Veurne · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2025
  • Stoutenveld similar
    Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2014
  • Stouthuysen similar
    Growing of pome and stone fruits · Linter · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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