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.
“APPELBOOM”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aartselaar · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Revalidatiecentrum De Appelboom · Activiteiten van dagcentra voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Genk · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of FERM KINDEROPVANG · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Leuven · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 1996
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Wommelgem · since 2000
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2002
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2024
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since 2013
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Name of an establishment of TOEM · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Wemmel · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Residentie De Appelboom Ternesselei 20 en Terstraetenweg 1-3-5 te Wommelgem · Wommelgem · since 2015
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASSESSE, PATRIMOINE, PROMENADES, EMBELLISSEMENT, LOISIRS · Assesse · since 1989
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Other retail sale of food · since 2010
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Cultural education · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of FAMCO · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2002
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Logging · Arendonk · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Roosdaal · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Pittem · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Geel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Helan Kinderopvang · Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents du Paradis des Enfants · Etterbeek · since 1999
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Sint-Truiden · since 1985