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.
“Stevas”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1980
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Other education · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Courcelles · since 1999
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Insurance agents and brokers · Oudenaarde · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2004
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lendelede · since 1968
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since 1999
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Haaltert · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2000
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Gent · since 2018
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Brugge · since 1972
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 1996
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Raising of dairy cattle · Hoogstraten · since 2015
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Abbreviation of ST.VANCAUWENBERGH BEHEER · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kontich · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Boutersem · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Affligem · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Activities of head offices · Waregem · since 2010
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since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Peer · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Resivast · Real estate agency activities · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Roeselare · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Wemmel · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Koksijde · since 2024
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Ravels · since 2016
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wuustwezel · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Beerse · since 2023
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Other business support services · Hove · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2007
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Other building finishing work · Westerlo · since 2025
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of DKI · Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of HOPBARGE · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gavere · since 2006
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Handel in gas via leidingen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of RIKE’S · Nursing and midwifery · Waregem · since 2015