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.
“BARETEX”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Merchtem · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Ronse · since 1981
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET D'EXPERTISE · Risk and damage evaluation · Nivelles · since 1989
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Zonhoven · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Vorst · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1980
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE D'EXPLOITATION COMMERCIALES BAREX · Brussel · since 1986
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Mixed farming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Elsene · since 1980
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Roofing work · Herstal · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Clavier · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Registration of European Ergonomists · Brussel · since 1994
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Roosdaal · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association of Research Ethics Committees · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of TINO B · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2019
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Other information service activities · Herselt · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2026