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.
“APESRA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Socio-cultural adult education · Schaarbeek · since 2004
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES PARENTS DES ECOLES DE SART-MESSIRE-GUILLAUME · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1987
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Abbreviation of AFRIQUE PRODUCTION ET ECONOMIE SOCIALE · Wanze · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ALL PEST EXPERT AND SERVICES · Other cleaning activities · Wavre · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion de l'Elevage Chevalin et des Sports Equestres · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Mons · since 1994
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Etterbeek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Association des parents de l'Ecole Saint-Martin de Jauche · Orp-Jauche · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ECOLE SAINT REMACLE EN AMERCOEUR · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Liège · since 1979
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Abbreviation of European Safety and Reliability Association · Elsene · since 1992
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Roeselare · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SUGAR REFINERIES ASSOCIATION · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ELECTRIC SERVICE & RENOVATION ALLROUND · Landscape service activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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since 2014