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.
“Cotec”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oreye · since 1973
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · londen · since 2008
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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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Name of an establishment of NECOTEX · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Destelbergen · since 1992
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Coating of metals · Aalter · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Orange Dertig · Event catering · Gent · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapellen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Aalst · since 1992
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1987
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1987
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2004
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ranst · since 2023
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Gavere · since 1965
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Châtelet · since 1952
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Theux · since 1989
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Blégny · since 2011
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Vorst · since 1987
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Durbuy · since 1993
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aubel · since 2000
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Graphic design and visual communication · Damme · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Société civile d'Ingéniérie et de coordination technique du Batiment · Clichy · since 1974
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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCTIONS TECHNIQUES DE LISBOA · Oudergem · since 1989
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2001
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Wholesale of other household goods
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Full-service restaurants · Le Roeulx · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Ferrières · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2001
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Dendermonde · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Tectum Construction Technics · Roofing work · Ath · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Turnhout · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Organisation Textile · Kortrijk · since 1972
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL ENORGANISATION DU TRAVAIL · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Centre of Transformation · Other education · Lint · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CLUB OLYMPIC TRIVIERES · Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Rochefort · since 1998
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since 1977
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Elsene · since 1988
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Londerzeel · since 1990
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Stekene · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · La Louvière · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Assesse · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Cotesa, Comptoir de ventes de la S.A. Devos frères, et C. - Cotesa, Verkoopkantoor van de N.V. Devos Gebroeders en Co · Waregem · since 1960
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since 2012