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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.

“APTRACT”

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.

  • APTRACT same name
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
  • Autract very similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1977
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Appstract similar
    Computer programming · Rijkevorsel · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Development of residential building projects · since 2000
  • Abstract similar
    Name of an establishment of Milkshake Label ASBL · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · La Louvière · since 2019
  • AbstracT similar
    Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
  • ABXTRACT similar
    Plastering work · Haaltert · since 2008
  • APACT similar
    Abbreviation of Amicale du Patro de Chênée-Thiers · Liège · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2022

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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