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.
“Cositex”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Weven van textiel · Zwevegem · since 1969
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1996
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Gent · since 1946
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brussel · since 2001
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Tournai · since 2013
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La Bruyère · since 1978
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Elsene · since 1988
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Plombières · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Merchtem · since 2025
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Harelbeke · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1995
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Abbreviation of COSI COMMUNICATIONS · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Kortenberg · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CONCEPT SOCIAL INNOVENT · Other social work without accommodation · Verviers · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Stabilisation Injections Travaux d'Etanchement et de Consolidations des Sols · Morangis · since 1977
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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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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Elsene · since 1985
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of NECOTEX · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Destelbergen · since 1992
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Oostende · since 1992
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Soignies · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Enghien · since 2018