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.
“Appro-app”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of A.A.P. · Combined facilities support activities · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Solidariteitsfonds Antwerp Polymers Plant · Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of A property-Pelsmaekers · Real estate agency activities · Kortenberg · since 2014
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Abbreviation of A PRIORI PLASTICS · Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Lummen · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Brasschaat · since 2006
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Computer programming · Grimbergen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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LUXEMBOURG · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · Overijse · since 2012
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Roofing work · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Association provinciale pour la Promotion de la Gymnastique en Hainaut · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Mons · since 1991
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Namur · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2009
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lier · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Boortmeerbeek · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 1995
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Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 1991