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.
“Stival”
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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Wholesale of other food products · Tubize · since 1968
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Retail sale of footwear · Ieper · since 1992
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Geel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Herselt · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostrozebeke · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tubize · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TRAVAUX INDUSTRIELS DE WALLONIE · Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · since 1989
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 1986
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bocholt · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Y.S.A. · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Sankt Vith · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wemmel · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tubize · since 2026
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Abbreviation of S.T.I. - Vakbeurzen · Mortsel · since 1984
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Sint-Truidens Industrielenverbond · Sint-Truiden · since 1956
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Deerlijk · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Geel · since 2024
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Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Support activities for crop production · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · Arendonk · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Bree · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Raising of other animals · since 2004
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · Kortenberg · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · Oostkamp · since 1999
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2026
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Abbreviation of STI-VANDENDORPE · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Wavre · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Festival van Vlaanderen - Brugge · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brugge · since 1962
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schaarbeek · since 1980
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1984
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Rendeux · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Westerlo · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of PICASS · Retail sale of household furniture · Kontich · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of DESMARCOAST · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2009