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.
“Captex”
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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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Tervuren · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tervuren · since 2026
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Site preparation · Herve · since 1987
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Liège · since 1997
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Leuven · since 2015
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Other personal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Evere · since 2014
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1989
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Manufacture of outerwear · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Roubaix · since 1983
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Other legal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Anderlecht · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Manufacture Cambresienne de Textiles · Cambrai (Nord) · since 1971
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Boom · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Florennes · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Stavelot · since 2010
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Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Bilzen · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Duffel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BY BLONDEEL · Pre-press and pre-media services · Staden · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Herk-de-Stad · since 2009
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2025