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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.

“APPARO PLUS”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • APPARO PLUS same name
    Sports and recreation education · Izegem · since 2006
  • APPARO very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · De Panne · since 1997
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Paro Plus similar
    Dental practice · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2019
  • Paroplus similar
    Name of an establishment of JOGABCO · Dental practice · Oudergem · since 2023
  • A PLUS similar
    Abbreviation of Projekt-, Bouw- en Adviesburo A. Plus · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Haacht · since 1990
  • A PLUS similar
    Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Mechelen · since 1992
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
  • Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
  • APPA similar
    Abbreviation of Aide aux Pauvres de la Paroisse de l'Annonciation · Elsene · since 1963
  • A.P.P.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Praticiens en Psychologie appliquée · Elsene · since 1979
  • APPA similar
    Abbreviation of Assistance personnalisée aux Personnes en recherche d'Autonomie · Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Soignies · since 1988
  • APPA similar
    Other business support services · Kraainem · since 2022
  • appa similar
    Employment placement agencies · Schilde · since 2022
  • OPLUS similar
    Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2019
  • OPLUS similar
    Plumbing work · Oudsbergen · since 2021

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