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.
“BIOST”
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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General medical practice · Vorst · since 2007
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Tienen · since 2008
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Mixed farming · Eghezée · since 2024
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Oostende · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Basic Input Output System · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Tienen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BIOS Leuven · Leuven · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2018
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2020
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Vakantieparken · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Bovsovers InputOutput Services · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wetteren · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schelle · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BIOS ATELIER · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Vorst · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BOODTS COSMETICS - BIOSTAR · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1993
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Fleurus · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Other education · since 2025
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Other construction installation · Aarschot · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Research and development on biotechnology · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Hooglede · since 2007
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Abbreviation of BIOSYM TECHNOLOGMIES INC · San Diego · since 1991
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Other retail sale of food · Spa · since 1995
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Maaseik · since 2008
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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
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Name of an establishment of färm.coop · Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Wholesale of other food products · Gent · since 1993
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Gent · since 1996
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Lo-Reninge · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2001
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Caluire-et-cuire · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Dr. C.GOFFINET-BIOLOGISTE&V.OLLEVIER-GASTRO-ENTEROLOGUE · Gembloux · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2014
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Vocational training · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · GRENS · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ZAZA-BIOHOME · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Wholesale of other food products · Lier · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Bureau voor Informatie, Organisatie en Service · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1966
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Brussel · since 2020
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Meise · since 1995