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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.

“Start2Boat”

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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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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Start2Boat same name
    Inland freight water transport · Gent · since 2016
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Start2Bric similar
    Trade name of VANDEPUTTE CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2010
  • START2S similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ath · since 2017
  • Start2Build similar
    Development of residential building projects · Lierde · since 2016
  • S.T.A.R.T. similar
    Abbreviation of SAFETY TOOLS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY · Wholesale of machine tools · Aartselaar · since 1982
  • Start similar
    Lasne · since 1989
  • S.T.A.R.T. 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 similar
    Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1993
  • Start similar
    Abbreviation of Artos · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • START similar
    Etterbeek · since 1999
  • 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
  • Start2Eco similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Temse · since 2021
  • START 2 FUN similar
    Schelle · since 2010
  • S.T.A.R. similar
    Abbreviation · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1982
  • STAR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2003
  • 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
  • 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
  • S.T.A.R.T. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Roeselare · since 1991
  • St'art! similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
  • START 2000 similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Schaarbeek · since 1993

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