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.
“APTA PLUS”
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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Projekt-, Bouw- en Adviesburo A. Plus · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Haacht · since 1990
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Mechelen · since 1992
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Association du Personnel des Telecommunications Aeronautiques · Zaventem · since 1965
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1975
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of COGHEN SA · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Ukkel · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Advies en Produktie · Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 1983
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 1982
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Yvoir · since 2000
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Liège · since 2003
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Other business support services · since 2024