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 Wink”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Brussel · since 2019
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Other business support services · Namur · since 2006
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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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Other educational support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information technology and computer services · Aarschot · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Bink en Zonen · Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Sint-Niklaas · since 1947
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Trade name of ORAKEL · Other printing · Retie · since 1995
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Trade name of BEST MANNEQUINS · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wielsbeke · since 2005
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Lokeren · since 2007
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2000