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.
“BIAM”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1980
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sivry-Rance · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Brothers-In-Arms Memorial Project · Zonnebeke · since 2012
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Wholesale of machine tools · Overijse · since 1948
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Aartselaar · since 1992
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Abbreviation of THE BRUNEI INVESTMENT AGENCY · Darussalam · since 1998
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Abbreviation of BUREAU IMMOBILIER ARDENNAIS · Real estate agency activities · Manhay · since 2001
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Abbreviation of BORN IN AFRICA · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
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Abbreviation of ASBL BELGO-IVOIRIENNE AKWABA · Verviers · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BIA MANAGEMENT · Real estate agency activities · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BeNeLux Indonesia Association · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brasschaat · since 2021
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APELDOORN · since 2024
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Herstal · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of EET MEER VIS · Contract catering and other food service activities · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of B.S.W. · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2012
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Other membership organisations · Trooz · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of B.I.A.C. HOLDING · Zaventem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN INDEPENDENT ADVERTISING AGENCIES · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Ukkel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of GRYMONPREZ AUTOMOTIVE · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lokeren · since 1993
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Abbreviation of BOUW-IMMO ADVIES CENTER · Other technical testing and analysis · Deinze · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Belgian International Automobile Services · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waterloo · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Lasne · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BREAKING INTO AESTHETIC SPACE · Activities of building architects · Hasselt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BEUMER INNOVATION AND AUTOMATION · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Genk · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Tremelo · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BIAS, BEGELEIDING IN ARBEIDSGEBONDEN STRESS · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · As · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of belgium international allstyle freedom · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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since 1989
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Abbreviation of Belgium Investment Association · Torhout · since 1973