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.
“Cotexi”
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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General construction of residential buildings · Ferrières · since 2021
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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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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCTIONS TECHNIQUES DE LISBOA · Oudergem · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Turnhout · since 2026
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Mouscron · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Compagnie belge d'Expansion industrielle - Belgische Maatschappij voor industriële Expansie · Ukkel · since 1972
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Elsene · since 1988
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Oreye · since 1973
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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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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2022
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LONDON · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · 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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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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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2001
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · londen · since 2008
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Dendermonde · since 2009
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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