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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“API DÉVELOPPEMENT”

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.

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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

13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • API DÉVELOPPEMENT same name
    Contract catering and other food service activities · Mons · since 2014
  • API DÉVELOPPEMENT same name
    Mons-en-Baroeul · since 1969
  • APIS DEVELOPPEMENT very similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2025
  • AC DEVELOPPEMENT very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Arlon · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2025
  • AS DEVELOPPEMENT very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Houffalize · since 2025
  • A.I.P. DEVELOPPEMENT very similar
    Name of an establishment of AIP Medical · Vervaardiging van overige farmaceutische producten · Olne · since 1993
  • ARC DEVELOPPEMENT very similar
    Paris · since 1993
  • ATD DEVELOPPEMENT very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other construction installation · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · since 2026
  • Sari Développement very similar
    Abbreviation of Société anonyme de Réalisations industrielles internationales · Ukkel · since 1974
  • AIR DEVELOPPEMENT very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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