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.
“APACHE BLT”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ittre · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of APPACHE · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Inland freight water transport · since 1998
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Trade name of DE WERKTITEL · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Association Participative des Agents du CPAS de Huy · Huy · since 2011
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Brussel · since 2002
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Activiteiten van vakbonden · Vilvoorde · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion d'Activités culturelles à Ixelles · Elsene · since 1973
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Abbreviation of AUTO - PIECES - ACCESSOIRES - CARROSSERIE · Seraing · since 1989
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Manage · since 1995
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Activities of head offices · Nieuwpoort · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PAIX EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DE L'AUDIOVISUEL ET DE LA CULTURE · Liège · since 1996