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.
“Apham”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Other social work without accommodation · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DES SOCIETES D'ART MUSICAL · Plombières · since 2001
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Abbreviation of AMICALE DES HABITANTS DU MARBOTIN · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Libin · since 1988
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of AMICALE DES PHARMACIENS DE L'UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES · Brussel · since 1997
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Visual arts creation · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DU PERSONNEL HORECA · Brussel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES PEDAGOGUES HOSPITALIERS · Wavre · since 1992
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Amicale des Pompiers Hutois · Huy · since 2015
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Abbreviation of PLANCKE - VAN GELDEREN - BRAEKEVELD · Plumbing work · Ardooie · since 2011
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Financiële lease · since 1985
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Abbreviation of AMICALE DES PECHEURS DU HOYOUX asbl · Hannut · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ferrières · since 2021
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Gent · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heuvelland · since 2006
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Houyet · since 2019