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.
“MALATEX”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2000
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Finishing of textiles · Retie · since 2026
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Finishing of textiles · Zele · since 2021
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Roeselare · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DEMISTORE · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Charleroi · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 1997
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Hélécine · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Gent · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Grimbergen · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Charleroi · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Arendonk · since 2001
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Genk · since 2013
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Aalst · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004
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Oostkamp · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortemark · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Oostrozebeke · since 1978
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023