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.
“OBIOS”
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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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Frameries · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2025
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Other information service activities · Evergem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Wielsbeke · since 2008
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Macon · since 2009
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Gent · since 1998
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Forging of metal · since 2020
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SAINT GALMIER · since 1990
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Abbreviation of OPSLAG BEDRIJF IZEGEM · Warehousing and storage · Wingene · since 2004
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Haaltert · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Bree · since 2014
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Book publishing · since 2025
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Literary creation · Gent · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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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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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Event catering · Gerpinnes · since 2010
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Meise · since 1995