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“APFL”

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Same or very similar names

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  • APFL same name
    Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Grez-Doiceau · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • APF similar
    Abbreviation of Les amis du Patro de Florenville · Chiny · since 2019
  • APF LUX similar
    Abbreviation of AMICALE DU PERSONNEL DE LA POLICE FEDERALE EN PROVINC DE LUXEMBOURG · Neufchâteau · since 2007
  • A.P.F.N. similar
    Abbreviation of Les Amis de la Patinoire de Forest Nationale · Vorst · since 1984
  • A.P.F.E. similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES PRODUCTEURS DE FIBRES DE VERRE EUROPEENS · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1987
  • A.P.F.F. similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion de la Francophonie en Flandre · Other membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1998
  • A.P.F.J. similar
    Abbreviation of Les Amis du Puits et du Four à Pain de l'Abbaye de Juprelle · Other retail sale of food · Juprelle · since 2016
  • A-PFM similar
    Abbreviation of ARDENNOR PROJECT & FACILITY MANAGEMENT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Neufchâteau · since 2021
  • APFS similar
    Abbreviation of The A-Pack Fitness Studio · Fitness centres · Tervuren · since 2024
  • APFT similar
    Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Geraardsbergen · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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