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.
“BIONOVA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Lievegem · since 1996
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · BREDA · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zemst · since 2017
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2024
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Steenokkerzeel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BELIEVE IT OR NOT · Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2002
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Berlaar · since 2011
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Wuustwezel · since 2000
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Temse · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Waasmunster · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Soumagne · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Namur · since 2011