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.
“APERI”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Wommelgem · since 2007
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Ukkel · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Deinze · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Energie commune · Other business support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of CRAMELI · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of TIDEE · Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1996
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Herentals · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Amicale des Praticiens En Réhabilitation Orale · Other education · Oudergem · since 2022
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Site preparation · Lochristi · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1994
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion des Réadaptés · Brussel · since 1951
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Abbreviation of Association Protectrice en Faveur des Estropies Readaptes · Brussel · since 1951
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2016
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Mobile food service activities · Waregem · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Duffel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Aperitivo M&R · Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2018
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Other sports activities · Nandrin · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of AU PETIT ELEVAGE · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Hannut · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Parole d'Enfants · Vocational training · Liège · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Arnoud Persoon Enterprise · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Association de Pratiques Energétiques · Péruwelz · since 2004
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Other education · since 2024
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Sound recording · Amay · since 2020
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since 2016
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Event catering · Ranst · since 1985
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Abbreviation of APEROCK.BE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ittre · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Genk · since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 1981
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kontich · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Gavere · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2007
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Event catering · Hasselt · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association Internationale pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement Universitaire en Roumanie · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1994
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Zoersel · since 1995