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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ALABTEX”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ALABTEX same name
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Anderlecht · since 2019
  • Computer programming · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2009
  • Raising of horses and other equines · since 2002
  • Activities of building architects · since 2015
  • A.L.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of A.L. ADVIES- EN BOEKHOUDKANTOOR · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2005
  • ALTEX similar
    Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Ledegem · since 1988
  • ALTEX similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Aarschot · since 1990
  • Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g.
  • ALABO similar
    Abbreviation of ALGEMENE LINK TUSSEN ALLE ANTWERPSE BIO-INGENIEURS OVERAL TER WERELD · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • Alabdou Tex similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2021
  • ALTEX similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
  • Alabi similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2015

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