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.
“Acotex”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Deinze · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Aalst · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Zandhoven · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Nationale Federatie der Cooperatieve Inkoopvereniging in Textielwaren en Krameryen · Antwerpen · since 1954
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Wielsbeke · since 1978
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of NECOTEX · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Destelbergen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of A.COPPE & Associés,experts immobilier · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Lendelede · since 1984
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Beersel · since 2000
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ichtegem · since 2000
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Overijse · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of ACOBEX-Bureau d'expertises · Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of EcoT · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Huldenberg · since 2008
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Anderlecht · since 1976
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Oostrozebeke · since 2025
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since 1969
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Halle · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association de Coopération avec l'Etranger · Brussel · since 1968