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.
“APIAC”
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.
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Mechelen · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Association pour le Progres Intellectuel et Artistique de la Wallonie · Liège · since 1945
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of L'Auxiliaire professionnel de l'Industrie alimentaire · Antwerpen · since 1945
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Vorst · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Aide aux Personnes isolées âgées · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of LAVENNE ASSURANCES · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Accueil et Promotion au Service des Immigrés · Vocational training · Charleroi · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Association de la Presse internationale · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Anheuser-Busch InBev · Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 1977
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Cosnes et Romain · since 1980
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1987
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Abbreviation of APPLICATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES INFORMATIQUES · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 1988
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Elsene · since 1992
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Radinghemen-en-Weppes · since 1996
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Abbreviation of API F & I · Other printing · Tournai · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Accentis Property International · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of PIETERS - FEYEN & CO · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zoersel · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of AUTO STROOPER · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Brussel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Agence de presse Indépendante · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1999
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1993
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Adelin PIRAUX Infirmier · Héron · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · HAGEN · since 1999
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Abbreviation of AP IMPROVEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2024
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation · Karachi · since 1972
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Abbreviation of AGENCE DU PARC INDUSTRIEL · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beauraing · since 1995