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.
“DETEX”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Zandhoven · since 2022
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Logging · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Oudsbergen · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2016
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Ledegem · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wijnegem · since 1981
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Ukkel · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2017
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Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren · Schoten · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Dentex et Compagnie · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Etterbeek · since 1982
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · since 2005
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Zwevegem · since 1962
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Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Waregem · since 1995
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van werkkleding · since 1997
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Herenthout · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Lokeren · since 1993
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Anzegem · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Hamont-Achel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Anzegem · since 2020
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · since 2021
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Pepinster · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of SIDERO · Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hooglede · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Delft Environment Technology · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Mouscron · since 1977
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Wielsbeke · since 1985
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Koksijde · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of FAMY DETENTE · Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Namur · since 1987
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Haacht · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1990
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Blankenberge · since 1990
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Waregem · since 1996
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Wielsbeke · since 1997
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Zwalm · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Jabbeke · since 2002
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1980
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Name of an establishment · Plumbing work · Braine-le-Château · since 2014
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1990
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Site preparation · Zedelgem · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Staden · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Dilbeek · since 2011
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Evere · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Leuven · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pepingen · since 2024
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Boortmeerbeek · since 1991
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Gent · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Textielbedrijf DECOTEX · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oostkamp · since 1962
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Charleroi · since 1988
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Kortrijk · since 1999