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.
“STROEF”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Brugge · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · Wellen · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Koekelare · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Finishing of textiles · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2004
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Retail sale of household furniture · Deinze · since 1980
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Alken · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Boekhoudkantoor Troef · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kontich · since 2020
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brussel · since 2022
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Damme · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2003
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2024
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Support activities for crop production · Maldegem · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Maldegem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · De Haan · since 2022
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Bornem · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Ath · since 1983
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Amsterdam · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Zuienkerke · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 1985
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Socio-cultural adult education · Turnhout · since 1990
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Aalst · since 1992
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since 1973
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2013
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Aartselaar · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Zoersel · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Gavere · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Computer programming · Aalter · since 2011
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Brussel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2021
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Wholesale of timber · Kinrooi · since 2023