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.
“BIATI”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2022
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Zottegem · since 1988
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Middelkerke · since 2026
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since 1994
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Boom · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lasne · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2020
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La Hulpe · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Name of an establishment of BATI BIG · Site preparation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1998
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Nursing and midwifery · Fleurus · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Belgium Investment Association · Torhout · since 1973
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAAL ANTI - TABAK INSTITUUT · Zwalm · since 1994