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“APND”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • APND same name
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Roeselare · since 2014
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • APN similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Pecheurs Nismois · Viroinval · since 1963
  • A.P.N. similar
    Abbreviation of Entreprise de Travail Adapté - APN · Other printing · Nivelles · since 1972
  • A.P.N. similar
    Abbreviation of Aid for People in Need · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1993
  • A.P.N. similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1995
  • A.P.N.D.B.W. similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES PARENTS DE LA SECTION FONDAMENTALE DU COLLEGE NOTRE-DAME DE BASSE-WAVRE · Wavre · since 2000
  • APN similar
    Abbreviation of ARCHITECTURE PERSPECTIVES NOUVELLES · Activities of building architects · Saint-Ghislain · since 2008
  • APN similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Parents de l’école de Ninane · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
  • APNL similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Pharmaciens de Namur et de Luxembourg · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 1904
  • A.P.N.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Association du Personnel Navigant Commercial · Brussel · since 1955
  • A.P.N.E. similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE PROTECTION DE LA NATURE, ENVIRONNEMENT · Enghien · since 1979
  • APNA similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion du Nautisme Amateur · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
  • APNA similar
    Name of an establishment of SOPHIA GOLD · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
  • A.P.N.U. similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LES NATIONS UNIES · Brussel · since 2009
  • APNN similar
    Abbreviation of Apprentissage Perfectionnement Natation Nivelles · Nivelles · since 2011

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
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