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Same or very similar names

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Start DevX same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waterloo · since 2025
  • START-DEV very similar
    Web portal activities · Brussel · since 2017
  • S.T.A.R.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of SAFETY TOOLS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY · Wholesale of machine tools · Aartselaar · since 1982
  • Start very similar
    Lasne · since 1989
  • S.T.A.R.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE THEATRES POUR L'ACHAT ET LA RESERVATION DE TICKETS - SAMENWERKENDE THEATERS VOOR AANKOOP EN DE RESERVATIE VAN TICKETS · Brussel · since 1987
  • Start very similar
    Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1993
  • Start very similar
    Abbreviation of Artos · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • START very similar
    Etterbeek · since 1999
  • S.T.A.R.T. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Roeselare · since 1991
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2000
  • St'art similar
    Abbreviation of FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES "St'art" · Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
  • St.ART similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Leuven · since 2009
  • Startdust similar
    Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2024
  • St'Arts similar
    Namur · since 2021
  • STARTH similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2009
  • STARTX similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2007
  • S.T.A.R. similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1982
  • Star similar
    Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Herzele · since 1982
  • Star similar
    Abbreviation of Sorghvliedt Aartselaar Samenwerking · Antwerpen · since 1991
  • STAR similar
    Name of an establishment of ABCD · Vertoning van films · Gent · since 1993
  • STAR similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • STAR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2003
  • STAR similar
    Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
  • STAR similar
    Brugge · since 2019
  • STAR similar
    Abbreviation of Security, Talent development And Resilience · Landen · since 2019
  • Star similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nivelles · since 2020
  • Star similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
  • STAR similar
    Name of an establishment of GABI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2006
  • STAR similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024
  • St'art! similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014

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).
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