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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.

“APAC 39”

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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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • APAC 39 same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Dinant · since 2022
  • A.P.A.C. very similar
    Name of (A.P.A.C. · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Vilvoorde · since 1954
  • A.P.A.C. very similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion d'Activités culturelles à Ixelles · Elsene · since 1973
  • A.P.A.C. very similar
    Abbreviation of AUTO - PIECES - ACCESSOIRES - CARROSSERIE · Seraing · since 1989
  • A.P.A.C. very similar
    Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Manage · since 1995
  • APAC very similar
    Activities of head offices · Nieuwpoort · since 1999
  • APAC very similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PAIX EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE · Schaarbeek · since 2000
  • A.P.A.C. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DE L'AUDIOVISUEL ET DE LA CULTURE · Liège · since 1996
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • A.P.A.C.A similar
    Abbreviation of Association de Pilotes acrobatiques de Compétition automobile · Jette · since 1991
  • A-PACK similar
    Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Lokeren · since 2000
  • APACT similar
    Abbreviation of Amicale du Patro de Chênée-Thiers · Liège · since 2001
  • APACH similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
  • APACH' similar
    Abbreviation of Association Participative des Agents du CPAS de Huy · Huy · since 2011
  • APACO similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brasschaat · since 2024
  • APACHE similar
    Name of an establishment of APPACHE · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1986
  • APACOS similar
    Abbreviation of 101 Immo · Jette · since 1999
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1983
  • Inland freight water transport · since 1998
  • Advertising agencies · since 2022
  • APACHE similar
    Trade name of DE WERKTITEL · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2010

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