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“COCALEX”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • COCALEX same name
    since 1987
  • COWALEX very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
  • CORALEX very similar
    Mixed farming · Houthulst · since 1999
  • HOCALEX very similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Hamois · since 2021
  • Vocalex very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Brasschaat · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Translation services · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activities of holding companies · since 2025
  • CODALEX very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Ath · since 2025
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Calex similar
    Computer programming · Kalmthout · since 2018
  • CALEX similar
    Activities of lawyers · Jabbeke · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1992
  • CoreAlex similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Edegem · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
  • COCAM similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1997
  • CO.C.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of COMMUNAUTE CULTURELLE DES ALGERIENS EN BELGIQUE · Brussel · since 2001
  • COCAD similar
    Abbreviation of COLLECTIF CAROLO DES AFRICAIN.E.S POUR LA DIVERSITE · Charleroi · since 2015
  • COLEX similar
    Activities of bailiffs · Antwerpen · since 2011

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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