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.
“APIMEX distribution”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Brussel · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2006
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La Louvière · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2024
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Houyet · since 2007
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Elsene · since 1964
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Namur · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2017
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Abbreviation of All Equipment Distribution · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Thuin · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Advanced Technology Distribution · General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2011
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Wholesale of other food products · FONTAINEBLEAU · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Herstal · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Namur · since 1989
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lierneux · since 2014
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Abbreviation of All Car Care Distribution · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Roeselare · since 2018
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Lasne · since 2019
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2012
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Manage · since 2026
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Malle · since 2026
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Trade name of APPHIA AUTO FULL SERVICES · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Colfontaine · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of b.factory · Groothandel in overig textiel · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Estaimpuis · since 1982
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Sprimont · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2001
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Amay · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Alken · since 2013
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Héron · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Hélichryse Distribution · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2018
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2020
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1996
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2008
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Westerlo · since 2008
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Zandhoven · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Retail sale of bicycles · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2000
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2022
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Wholesale of timber · since 1996
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Liège · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Fleurus · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kontich · since 2004
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Other postal and courier activities · Courcelles · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of MAHA SHOP · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Estaimpuis · since 2026
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1969
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1990
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mouscron · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Chimay · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2018
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Mettet · since 2005
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since 1995
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since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2008