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Is your company name still free?

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.

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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.

  • Append same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2024
  • APPEN 1 very similar
    Zaventem · since 1990
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • APPE similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Parents du Paradis des Enfants · Etterbeek · since 1999
  • APPENIN similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2021
  • APPEO similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Professeurs de Pedagogie de l'Enseignement Officiel · Vorst · since 1966
  • A.P.P.E.L. similar
    Abbreviation of ASSESSE, PATRIMOINE, PROMENADES, EMBELLISSEMENT, LOISIRS · Assesse · since 1989
  • APPEK similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ledegem · since 2000
  • APPEC similar
    Abbreviation of Association de parents de l'école communale de Cointe · Liège · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of food · since 2010
  • APPEL'S similar
    Name of an establishment of FAMCO · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2002
  • APPELS+ similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Roosdaal · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2026
  • P en D similar
    Abbreviation of FINISH · Mijas-Costa · since 1996
  • Appel similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Truiden · since 1985

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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