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.
“APLV”
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.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Bornem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Air Products Limited · New Malden /Surrey/ · since 1974
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Abbreviation of ASFALT PRODUCTIE LIMBURG · Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Heusden-Zolder · since 1997
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Abbreviation of AUTOMOTIVE PARTS LOGISTICS · Freight transport by road · Zele · since 2002
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Specialist medical practice · Edegem · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP PACKAGING and LOGISTICS · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of A PASTRY LAB · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Agir pour la paix · Other membership organisations · Elsene · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Aide aux Prêtres liégeois en Mission à l'Etranger · Liège · since 1994
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Association des producteurs de Légumes industriels · Geer · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Association pour la promotion de la langue Afar · Brussel · since 2018
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
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Abbreviation of A Plus Label Management · Other business support services · Lubbeek · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Oudergem · since 2001