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.
“Stef Adams”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
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Trade name of STEF LOGISTICS SAINTES · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tubize · since 1976
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Construction of roads and motorways · Merksplas · since 1995
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Brasschaat · since 1995
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Herselt · since 1997
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Raising of dairy cattle · Merksplas · since 2009
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Other postal and courier activities · Roeselare · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Veurne · since 1993
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2026
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Market research and public opinion polling · Asse · since 2012