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.
“ALBOTEX”
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.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Leuven · since 1984
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Activities of building architects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 2023
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Roofing work · Mechelen · since 2007
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Other sports activities · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · Wanze · since 2013
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Blankenberge · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BOUWONDERNEMING · General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DOCTEUR ALINE BODLET - PNEUMOLOGUE · Specialist medical practice · Arlon · since 2014
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Gennep · since 2019
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Plastering work · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beveren · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of GM THYS · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Duffel · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Ledegem · since 1988
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Aarschot · since 1990
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Maldegem · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989