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.
“Imatex”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van synthetische en kunstmatige vezels · Schoten · since 1973
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Villers-la-Ville · since 1967
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1984
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Perenchies · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Tervuren · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 1975
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Wemmel · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kruisem · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Grimbergen · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1995
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Risk and damage evaluation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1969
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Schilde · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Interbedrijfs - Medische Dienst voor de Tekstielreiniginsbedrijven · Antwerpen · since 1967
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Chaudfontaine · since 1983
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Truiden · since 1986
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Vilvoorde · since 1987
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Vilvoorde · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1993
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Ledegem · since 1996
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Charleroi · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer · Deerlijk · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Saint-Hubert · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2010
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Bornem · since 1992
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor Management Training · Turnhout · since 1974
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Aarschot · since 1991
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Zaventem · since 2021
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Gembloux · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Walcourt · since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Merchtem · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Izegem · since 1997
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Turnhout · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2009
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Other information technology and computer services · Opwijk · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · Ninove · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of TexStyle · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Evergem · since 2006
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Ukkel · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Eeklo · since 2023
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · La Louvière · since 1968
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Gent · since 1961