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.
“Stranob”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Event catering · Ieper · since 2014
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of STRAND HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · De Haan · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Aalst · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Geel · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Turnhout · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Ranst · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Other business support services · Kuurne · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Eupen · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Aalst · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2001
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Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1998
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Sports and recreation education · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Other building finishing work · Gent · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Roofing work · Tienen · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van hogedrukreinigers, zandstraalapparaten en dergelijk reinigingsmateriaal · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of STRAK Contemporary and Modern Building · Zelzate · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of KYEEZEE · Retail sale of antiques · Honnelles · since 2007
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Other business support services · Halen · since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2021