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.
“APPOM”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zelzate · since 2013
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DES PROTEAGINEUX ET OLEAGINEUX · Juprelle · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2019
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kortenberg · since 2011
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Mechelen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of A.A.P. · Combined facilities support activities · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Solidariteitsfonds Antwerp Polymers Plant · Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of A property-Pelsmaekers · Real estate agency activities · Kortenberg · since 2014
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Abbreviation of A PRIORI PLASTICS · Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Lummen · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Amicale du Personnel de Police en Centre Ardenne · Bastogne · since 1989
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Pet training · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Genk · since 2017