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.
“APOFARMA”
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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Brussel · since 1989
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2005
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Diepenbeek · since 2007
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Aarschot · since 2005
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2012
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lochristi · since 2013
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Other business support services · Herent · since 2008
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Gent · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Immo Herckenrode · Hasselt · since 1961
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1970
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Messancy · since 1983
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Ans · since 1986
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Activities of building architects · Kasterlee · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herk-de-Stad · since 1996
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Seneffe · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Beernem · since 2016
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Nivelles · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Hannut · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ARMA FRUIT · Mixed farming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Other cleaning activities · since 2026
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Other business support services · Ternat · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2007
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Houyet · since 2019