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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“APPROVER”

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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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • APPROVER same name
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lier · since 2005
  • APPROVED very similar
    Advertising agencies · Boortmeerbeek · since 2005
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • APPROX similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zonhoven · since 2023
  • Pro-Ver similar
    Koksijde · since 2010
  • APProvisio similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Wetteren · since 2016
  • AGROVER similar
    Andere afvalverwijdering · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2020
  • Appro-app similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2026
  • A.P.P.R. similar
    Elsene · since 1986
  • ROVER similar
    Brussel · since 1987
  • ROVER similar
    Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2014
  • Rover similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oostende · since 2018
  • ROVER similar
    Abbreviation of Recht op Verdediging voor dier en natuur · Hasselt · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2023
  • ROVER similar
    Abbreviation of ROVER project · Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Aalst · since 2025
  • APPRO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Brasschaat · since 2006

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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