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.
“A.P.D.”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roofing work · Ingelmunster · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of APD IMMOBILIERE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Chaudfontaine · since 1992
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Florennes · since 2023
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES DE RYCK · Schilde · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Association de Promotion et de Diffusion pour le Théâtre · Anderlecht · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Au Pays de l'Attert · Other membership organisations · Attert · since 1993
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Abbreviation of AIDE AUX PAROISSES DU DOYENNE DE SOIGNIES · Activities of religious organisations · Soignies · since 2002
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Abbreviation of AGIR POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRAL · ngaliema · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Les Amis du Patro de Stockem · Arlon · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Amicale Pèche des Sources · Binnenvisserij · Pont-à-Celles · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ART PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Wetteren · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association des parents du groupe scolaire Don Bosco · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association professionelle des Educateurs spécialisés · Liège · since 1976
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Hasselt · since 1997
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hasselt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ALLISON PROTECTION · Other construction installation · Awans · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of Advies en Produktie · Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Action Peace Internationale · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Verviers · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ARDENNES PLANTS · Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Libin · since 1996
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Abbreviation of ANTWERPEN PROEFT · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Schilde · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ANIMATION PLATEAU · Herve · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Afropean Project · Socio-cultural adult education · Ukkel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Ateliers photo · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ALAIN PROVISTE · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of AP ASSOCIATION · Namur · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ad Pactum · Public relations and communication consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2020
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Abbreviation of AssuredPartners · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents de l'Ecole communale de Modave 2007 · Modave · since 2007
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL INTER SERVICE · Warehousing and storage · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ARBRES ET PAYSAGE · Landscape service activities · Aiseau-Presles · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ART-PRESSE · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Aaron Peelman · Other building finishing work · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Arto Poker · Activities of independent sportspeople · Charleroi · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ANAPHORE PRODUCTIONS · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Asian Persuasion · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Zottegem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Potential · Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Anderson Photography · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Atlas Plant · Growing of flowers · Herselt · since 2018