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.
“ALTEX”
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
37 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g.
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lokeren · since 2000
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Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1963
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Aachen · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Bonheiden · since 1991
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Tielt · since 1994
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Mons · since 2001
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION LIEGEOISE DE TELEMATIQUE MEDICALE · Liège · since 2001
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Destelbergen · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1987
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COLOMARS · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lille · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maldegem · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Houyet · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VCOD · Other retail sale of new goods · Elsene · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1987
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Liège · since 2021
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Tienen · since 2023
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Vorst · since 2023
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Roofing work · Wanze · since 2025
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Nivelles · since 1968
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Leuven · since 1990
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Liège · since 1993
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Brussel · since 2013
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Tremelo · since 2014
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Handbooggilde Sint-Sebastiaan Assebroek Alteby · Activities of other sports clubs · Brugge · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Waremme · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · Rotselaar · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of PIN HOENSE · Site preparation · Braine-le-Château · since 1996
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · Bertem · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 1994
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Carquefou · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Esneux · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ALTEMA Architecture, société d'architectes · Activities of building architects · Musson · since 2011
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Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Asse · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Kasterlee · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2026
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Binche · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Technische Constructies · Rotselaar · since 1959