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.
“TEXANOVA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Braine-le-Château · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bornem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2003
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Roofing work · Kontich · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Blankenberge · since 2019
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2021
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Brussels Health and Education Center TERRANOVA · Brussel · since 2004
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Materials recovery from waste · Liège · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2026
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Niklaas · since 1990
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Computer programming · Heuvelland · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sprimont · since 2015
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Buggenhout · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 2023
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Abbreviation of A-nova architectes · Activities of building architects · Fauvillers · since 2019
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Dental practice · Meerhout · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1982