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.
“Sten-Go”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Support activities for crop production · Balen · since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Hannut · since 1982
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Brasschaat · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mechelen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Horebeke · since 2017
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Day nurseries and crèches · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Roofing work · Balen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of STEGO l'abri le toit la maison · General construction of residential buildings · Sambreville · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Beerse · since 2015
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2019
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
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Denderleeuw · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1988
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Holsbeek · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Lochristi · since 2019
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Leuven · since 1998
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Stekene · since 1998
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Grimbergen · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2010
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Abbreviation of STEENGOED PROJECTEN · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of NIV · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Begijnendijk · since 2020
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Naaldwijk · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Zulte · since 2023
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Anzegem · since 2025
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Evergem · since 1990
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Grimbergen · since 2001