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.
“APICALE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1987
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Liège · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Amicale de l'athénée Royal Riva-bella · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2003
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sprimont · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Association Parents Institut Centre Ardenne Section Fontamentale · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2016
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Dental practice · Couvin · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Corporation des Patrons Plombiers-Zingueurs · Charleroi · since 1917
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Abbreviation of Assoc. des Producteurs et Importateurs-Concess. de Prod. Pharm. de l'Union Prof. des Grossistes en Prod. Pharmaceut · Schaarbeek · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Les Amis de la Passerelle, d'Inter-Actions et de la Croisette · Hannut · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association des Professeurs de Pratique professionnelle d'hotellerie de l'i.e.g. - c.e.r.i.a. · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR L'INTEGRITE DES CAMPAGNES DE BLANDAIN, HERTAIN, LAMAIN ET MARQUAIN · Tournai · since 2001
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Trade name of APICBASE · Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Mons · since 2023
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Other cleaning activities · since 2025
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Trade name of Academie ter Bevordering van Cultuur en Wetenschappen · Massagno-Lugano · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Association des Pneumologues Indépendants du CHwapi · Tournai · since 2024
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Durbuy · since 2024