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.
“Sternova”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sprimont · since 2015
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Buggenhout · since 2019
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Supernova Film Lab · Elsene · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Thuin · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 2025
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Lichtervelde · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Hotton · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kontich · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · Lokeren · since 2007
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Other business support services · Brecht · since 2026
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Floreffe · since 1992
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since 1970