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.
“APPA”
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.
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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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Abbreviation of Aide aux Pauvres de la Paroisse de l'Annonciation · Elsene · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Association des Praticiens en Psychologie appliquée · Elsene · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Assistance personnalisée aux Personnes en recherche d'Autonomie · Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Soignies · since 1988
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Other business support services · Kraainem · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Schilde · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Assistance Personnalisée aux Personnes en besoin d'Aide - Titres-Services · Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Soignies · since 2019
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association des Producteurs de Palmipèdes gras · Namur · since 1988
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Hensies · since 2001
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Abbreviation of La Sambre · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Assistance et Sécurité · Liège · since 1965
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Abbreviation of A.A.P. · Combined facilities support activities · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Solidariteitsfonds Antwerp Polymers Plant · Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · De Panne · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Atelier Performance Antwerpen · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Schilde · since 1998
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Abbreviation of AIDE ET PROTECTION ANIMALES · Other membership organisations · Assesse · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Association Peulth Art · Brussel · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS · Linter · since 2013
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Abbreviation of A property-Pelsmaekers · Real estate agency activities · Kortenberg · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of A PRIORI PLASTICS · Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Lummen · since 2017
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Liège · since 2018
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Abbreviation of A PERFORMANCE AFFAIR · Brussel · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Abbreviation of APPARO PLUS · Sports and recreation education · Izegem · since 2006
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Advanced Packaging Association · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association du Potager d’Awans · Awans · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ALMA PADEL ACADEMY · Fernelmont · since 2026
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2002
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association des Propriétaires du Parc de Cointe · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Liège · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Association des Pharmaciens de la Province de Liège · Other tax advisory services · Liège · since 1901
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Abbreviation of Associatie Prins en Prinses Verkiezing van België - Association d'Election Prince et Princesse de Belgique · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1980
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Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DES PROTEAGINEUX ET OLEAGINEUX · Juprelle · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents du Paradis des Enfants · Etterbeek · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Asnahofs pony- en paardenverbond · Aalst · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Asociácie priemyslu pol'nohospodárstva a sluzieb · Bratislava · since 2017
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Computer programming · Ninove · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boutersem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Assistance aux Personnes qui n'ont Pas Internet · Wavre · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Assistance Préventif de premier Secours · Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Rumes · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kraainem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of FOR ME K · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brussel · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ieper · since 2017
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Computer programming · Ans · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Computer programming · Grimbergen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of CELADON · Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 1949
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion des Publications Scientifiques · Brussel · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion du Yoga · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990