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“API F & I”

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Same or very similar names

20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • API F & I same name
    Other printing · Tournai · since 2000
  • API very similar
    Name of an establishment of LAVENNE ASSURANCES · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 1968
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Abbreviation of Association de la Presse internationale · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1975
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Abbreviation of Anheuser-Busch InBev · Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 1977
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Cosnes et Romain · since 1980
  • API very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1987
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Abbreviation of APPLICATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES INFORMATIQUES · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 1988
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Elsene · since 1992
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Radinghemen-en-Weppes · since 1996
  • API very similar
    Abbreviation of Accentis Property International · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2002
  • API very similar
    Name of an establishment of PIETERS - FEYEN & CO · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zoersel · since 2002
  • API very similar
    Name of an establishment of AUTO STROOPER · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Brussel · since 2002
  • API very similar
    Abbreviation of Agence de presse Indépendante · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 1999
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1993
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
  • A.P.I. very similar
    Abbreviation of Adelin PIRAUX Infirmier · Héron · since 2011
  • API very similar
    Development of residential building projects · HAGEN · since 1999
  • API very similar
    Abbreviation of AP IMPROVEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2024
  • A.P.I. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of AGENCE DU PARC INDUSTRIEL · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beauraing · since 1995
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • APIF similar
    Abbreviation of Antwerpse Provinciale Imkers Federatie · Raising of other animals · Laakdal · since 2021

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).
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