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.
“BIO LAB”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Waterloo · since 1998
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Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Colfontaine · since 1999
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Rixensart · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Namur · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Beringen · since 2024
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Vorst · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Belgische Investeringsmaatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden · Other financial services · Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of BrugesInsideOut · Other printing · Brugge · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Bureau International Onoriskoza · Elsene · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1983
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Trade name of SOCIMEX BELGIUM · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-le-Comte · since 1975
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Oupeye · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · since 1981
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Schilde · since 2017
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Oudergem · since 2022
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Namur · since 2007
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Other retail sale of food · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2016
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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Event catering · Etterbeek · since 2021
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1991
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Other retail sale of food · Namur · since 2019