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.
“Steambox”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Insurance agents and brokers · Waregem · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kalmthout · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Aarschot · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Other business support services · Zonhoven · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Malle · since 2021
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Duffel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TRANSPORTS ET D'EXPORTATIONS AFRICAINES · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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Brussel · since 1980