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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.plus BOUW”

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.

  • A.plus BOUW same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
  • A PLUS very similar
    Abbreviation of Projekt-, Bouw- en Adviesburo A. Plus · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Haacht · since 1990
  • A PLUS very similar
    Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Mechelen · since 1992
  • Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • APL-Bouw similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2023
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
  • A plus U similar
    Abbreviation of COGHEN SA · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Ukkel · since 1982
  • A plus P similar
    Abbreviation of Advies en Produktie · Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 1983
  • AP BOUW similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Lokeren · since 2020
  • Floor and wall tiling · since 2021
  • AplusM similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2022
  • S-BOUW similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Halle · since 1997
  • S-bouw similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Pajottegem · since 2023
  • Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2011
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2008
  • S-Bouw similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2021

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