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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

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An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Stranger same name
    Antwerpen · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activities of interior architects · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
  • Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 1973
  • Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2014
  • Familiar Stranger very similar
    Anderlecht · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • STRANGEWAYS similar
    Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Tervuren · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
  • Strange Ways similar
    NOTTINGHAMSHIRE · since 2003
  • L'ETRANGER similar
    Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 2007
  • STRAND similar
    Name of an establishment of STRAND HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · De Haan · since 1989
  • S - TRANS similar
    Freight transport by road · Aalst · since 1996
  • STRANO similar
    Event catering · Ieper · since 2014
  • STRAND similar
    Cafés and bars · Geel · since 2017
  • S-TRANS similar
    Freight transport by road · Turnhout · since 2018
  • S TRANS similar
    Freight transport by road · Ranst · since 2011
  • S-TRANS similar
    Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2013
  • Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    General medical practice · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1983
  • STRAFER similar
    Knokke-Heist · since 1985
  • Stranel similar
    Other business support services · Kuurne · since 2018
  • STRANNI similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Eupen · since 2024
  • Stranob similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • STRANIT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grimbergen · since 2025
  • Straaljager similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Mortsel · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
  • STINGER similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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