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Name check

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.

“APERIO PROD”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Finishing of textiles · since 2016
  • APERI similar
    Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Wommelgem · since 2007
  • A-PROD similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Stavelot · since 2024
  • A.P.E.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion des Réadaptés · Brussel · since 1951
  • APER similar
    Abbreviation of Association Protectrice en Faveur des Estropies Readaptes · Brussel · since 1951
  • O PROD similar
    Abbreviation of OCD PRODUCTIONS · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Anthisnes · since 2020
  • APER similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Association Internationale pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement Universitaire en Roumanie · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1994

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