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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“APLIPHONE”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ACTIPHONE similar
    Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 1993
  • IPHONE similar
    Name of an establishment of VIRTUALISERS of VANAGT CONSULTING · Computer programming · Brussel · since 2002
  • APLI similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • APLI similar
    Abbreviation of Association des producteurs de Légumes industriels · Geer · since 1996
  • APLI similar
    Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
  • PH-ONE similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 2021
  • A-PHONE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Groothandel in schoeisel · since 2014
  • a-phone similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of 123TEL · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2006

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