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.
“APELON”
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.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Nivelles · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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Tremelo · since 2006
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Logistics services · Rumst · since 2012
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents d'Elèves de l'Ecole communale de Linkebeek, Section francophone · Linkebeek · since 1980
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION PARASCIENTIFIQUE EUROPEENE LIBRE · Elsene · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents de l'Ecole du Longchamp · Ukkel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · La Bruyère · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONNELLE EUROPEENNE DU LOGICIEL LIBRE · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ENBA · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Bonheiden · since 1990
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Zemst · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Other education · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2010
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Leuven · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1950