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.
“Bantex”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1965
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Guillaume van den Branden · Antwerpen · since 1964
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Wasquehal · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Ronse · since 1981
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987
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Roeselare · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zandhoven · since 2002
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1989
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Fléron · since 2019
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Manufacture of outerwear · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Kruisem · since 2005
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Roofing work · Wanze · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 1968
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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LONDON · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Nondestructive Testing · Media representation · Brussel · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Banti - Brabantse Architektuur- en Natuurtypologische Inventaris · Brussel · since 1989
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Other retail sale of new goods · De Panne · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Burg-Reuland · since 2004
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Mortsel · since 2026
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 1981
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Temse · since 2000
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Travel agency activities · Gent · since 2023