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.
“Stoke”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Geel · since 2018
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2013
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Halle · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · Halle · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2017
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Site preparation · Kortenberg · since 1981
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Estinnes · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of L'Economie Populaire · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ciney · since 1919
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Studie en Ontwikkelingscentrum Kempen · Turnhout · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Oud-Heverlee · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · Ukkel · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Asse · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SAVE TRAININGEN & OPLEIDINGEN · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brugge · since 2014
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Trade name of SETO · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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since 1994
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since 2019
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since 2019
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since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of LASER TALES · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Lokeren · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Stokvis Techniek · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Roosendaal · since 1984
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1999
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Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Laureins · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Aalst · since 2017
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since 2005
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Leuven · since 2000