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.
“APPLICA”
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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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1992
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herve · since 1995
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2008
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Abbreviation of APPLIA - Home Appliance Europe · Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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Computer programming · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2001
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Loison-sous-Lens · since 1978
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Amsterdam · since 1981
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Alken · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Applications Thermiques · Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Ronse · since 1978
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Market research and public opinion polling · Genappe · since 1983
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Computer programming · Oostende · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostende · since 2011
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2013
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1985
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Advertising agencies · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Herve · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · Charleroi · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Adams Property Partnership Limited Europe · Development of residential building projects · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Visual arts creation · Deinze · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MACONS · Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Olen · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1996
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Saint Gemis Laval · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of APPLICATION SOFTWARE ENGENEERING · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brecht · since 1989
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · Charleroi · since 2025