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.
“Stien.”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Productie van televisiefilms · Hove · since 2016
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Coating of metals · Braine-le-Château · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2022
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Mechelen · since 2026
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2009
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since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Kalmthout · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Brussel · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2020
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SERVICE TECHNIQUE POUR L'INDUSTRIE ET L'ENTREPRISE · Other construction installation · Anderlecht · since 1987
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2019
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Oudsbergen · since 2004
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2005
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Computer programming · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Morlanwelz · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Services techniques et Industriels · Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · Seraing · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société Travaux Industriels SARL · Dunkerque · since 1974
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TRANSACTIONS IMMOBILIERES · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1977
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Real estate agency activities · Beernem · since 1977
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TRAVAUX INDUSTRIEL A BALBINOT EN CIE · Villerupt · since 1982
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Abbreviation of SPORTTRADE INTERNATIONAL · Gent · since 1989
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2017
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Lochristi · since 2018
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Plumbing work · Waregem · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Engis · since 2023
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Menen · since 2009
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Other tax advisory services · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostende · since 2006
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Support activities for crop production · since 2006
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since 2007
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Other personal services · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Studiecentrum voor Technisch en Industriële Ingenieurs - Studiecentrum voor Techniek en Ingenieurswetenschappen · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of SOUDURE - TUYAUTERIE - INDUSTRIELLES · Jette · since 1990