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.
“APPLIX”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Oostende · since 2015
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Le Cellier · since 2018
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Market research and public opinion polling · Genappe · since 1983
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Abbreviation of APPLIA - Home Appliance Europe · Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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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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General electrical installation work · Nivelles · since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1992
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Computer programming · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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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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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Alken · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Adams Property Partnership Limited Europe · Development of residential building projects · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Applications Industrielles et Métalurgiques · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1950
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herve · since 1995
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Dental practice · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1999
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Computer programming · Zonhoven · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · since 1990