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.
“Biva”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Halen · since 1991
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Abbreviation of BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL ARTS · Brussel · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kaprijke · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Vorst · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of outerwear · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1969
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Tourist information services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van de Belgische Industriehoutverbruikers-Union Prof. des Utilisateurs Belges de Bois d'Industrie · Geraardsbergen · since 1970
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Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Brugse Internationale Vleesmarkt · Wholesale of live animals · Brugge · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Wielsbeke · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 1999
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Geel · since 2018
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE IRAKESE VERENIGING · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Kampenhout · since 2026
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Site preparation · Brussel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1978
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Hoogstraten · since 2005
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Mariene aquacultuur · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BATAILLE IBENS VANDER ELST · Activities of interior architects · Hoeilaart · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Detailhandel in boeken · Antwerpen · since 2019
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ORLEANS · since 2011
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Bourse Immobilière Visétoise · Liège · since 1968
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since 1976