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.
“GILCOTEX”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2010
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Dilbeek · since 1976
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landen · since 1970
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Evergem · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuven · since 1981
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Development of residential building projects · Deinze · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · Huldenberg · since 2021
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ukkel · since 1994
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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