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.
“STURM”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landscape service activities · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2015
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Brussel · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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since 2002
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since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2013
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since 1991
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since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 1993
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2016
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Inland freight water transport · since 2023
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Geel · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of McQueen · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2004
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wervik · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2015
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Confectie Industrie, voorheen D. Camphuis · Zutfen · since 1968
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Gent · since 1975
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Menen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of BEATSE ERIC · Cafés and bars · Kruisem · since 2013
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Development of non-residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Roeselare · since 2017
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Aalter · since 1977