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.
“BIOTA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Gent · since 2015
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Arlon · since 1989
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Other business support services · Lier · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2013
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Research and development on biotechnology · Gent · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Deinze · since 2018
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2010
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Other education · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Erezée · since 1985
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Other personal services · Oupeye · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van andere anorganische chemische basisproducten · Welkenraedt · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nivelles · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Genappe · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2011
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Materials recovery from waste · Torhout · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Jette · 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
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1980
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Geel · since 1981
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 1987
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Cohousing Biotope · Gent · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2016
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Other retail sale of food · Brugge · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of EcoRetail · Wholesale of other food products · Tienen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2006
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Computer programming · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2024
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Bouillon · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hannut · since 2018