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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.

“APCYP”

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  • 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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • APCYP same name
    Ciney · since 2002
  • APCYS very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Wavre · since 2006
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • A.P.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Antwerp Polish Company · Antwerpen · since 1966
  • A.P.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Antwerpse Postzegelclub · Antwerpen · since 1965
  • A.P.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Aartselaar Petanque Club · Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 1979
  • A.P.C. similar
    Abbreviation of ALLIANTIE VOOR POLITIEHONDEN CERTIFICATEN · Antwerpen · since 1982
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of Antwerpse Patrimonium Centrale · Antwerpen · since 1987
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of Asia - Pacific Promotion Club · Brussel · since 1988
  • APC similar
    Proefboren en boren · Wommelgem · since 1991
  • A.P.C. similar
    Abbreviation of ANIMALS PEST CONTROL · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
  • A.P.C. similar
    Abbreviation of AFRIQUE PRISE DE CONSCIENCE · since 1996
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of Applied Psychology Centre · Brussel · since 1996
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of L'AFRICAINE DE PRESSE ET DE COMMUNICATION · Brussel · since 1995
  • APC similar
    Name of an establishment of Port of Antwerp-Bruges International · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • APC similar
    Name of an establishment of AGRO PLAN CONSULTING · Other technical testing and analysis · Huldenberg · since 1999
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of ANTWERP POLO CLUB 2000 · Turnhout · since 2003
  • A.P.C. similar
    Abbreviation of GEO-PAYSAGE · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Grez-Doiceau · since 2013
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of Au pat'Course · Operation of sports facilities · Clavier · since 2019
  • Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1990
  • APC similar
    Other business support services · Zele · since 2023
  • a.p.c. similar
    Abbreviation of Arson Prevention Club · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2009
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of AREAPROG CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2011
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of Association des professionnels du chiffre · Chaudfontaine · since 2011
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of ANTWERP PADELCLUB · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • Plastering work · since 2004
  • APC similar
    Name of an establishment of Ville de La Louvière · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · La Louvière · since 1969
  • APC similar
    Abbreviation of Autoglass Parts Center · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • A.P.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Antwerp Properties and Constructions · Brussel · since 1978
  • A.P.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Association des Producteurs de Céréales · Gembloux · since 1994

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