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.
“APPENIN”
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.
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Zaventem · since 1990
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2024
-
Abbreviation of Association des Parents du Paradis des Enfants · Etterbeek · since 1999
-
Abbreviation of Association des Professeurs de Pedagogie de l'Enseignement Officiel · Vorst · since 1966
-
Abbreviation of ASSESSE, PATRIMOINE, PROMENADES, EMBELLISSEMENT, LOISIRS · Assesse · since 1989
-
Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ledegem · since 2000
-
Abbreviation of Association de parents de l'école communale de Cointe · Liège · since 2008
-
Other retail sale of food · since 2010
-
Etterbeek · since 2000
-
Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vilvoorde · since 2019
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
-
Other information technology and computer services · Gent · since 2008
-
Sint-Truiden · since 1985