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.
“V-STAR”
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
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1982
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Herzele · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Sorghvliedt Aartselaar Samenwerking · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ABCD · Vertoning van films · Gent · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Brugge · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Security, Talent development And Resilience · Landen · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nivelles · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
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Interior design · Maaseik · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of GABI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of K.F. TRANS · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Edegem · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Rumst · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2016
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Finishing of textiles · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Herentals · since 2025
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Lendelede · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bertem · since 2019
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Lochristi · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1999
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VOLSTAR ANC. ETS VAN RENTERGHEM JOSEPH · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Boussu · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen en van toestellen in verband daarmee · Willebroek · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 1982
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Floor and wall tiling · Liedekerke · since 2022
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Elsene · since 1975