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.
“FILTEX”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Lievegem · since 2006
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Manufacture of outerwear · Anderlecht · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2011
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Son en Breugel · since 1980
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Beringen · since 1990
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Computer programming · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2005
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Wemmel · since 1982
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Saint-Ghislain · since 1995
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Pittem · since 1988
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Other printing · since 2010
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Ravels · since 2021
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Materials recovery from waste · Seraing · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zelzate · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Destelbergen · since 2020
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Other construction installation · Brussel · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1985