Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“DE APPEL”

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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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

13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

DE APPEL same name

Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2008
DEN APPEL very similar

Beringen · since 2003
DEN APPEL (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1974
Den Appel (sole trader) very similar

Cafés and bars · since 2022
Den Appel very similar

Name of an establishment of BRETINI · Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2009
D'N APPEL very similar

Name of an establishment of KORFRU · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maasmechelen · since 1997
be.appel (sole trader) very similar

Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2016
A.P.P.E.L. very similar

Abbreviation of ASSESSE, PATRIMOINE, PROMENADES, EMBELLISSEMENT, LOISIRS · Assesse · since 1989
APPEL (sole trader) very similar

Other retail sale of food · since 2010
DE GOUDEN APPEL (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1981
De Nieuwen Appel very similar

Full-service restaurants · Poperinge · since 2024
Jeugdklub de Appel very similar

Kortenberg · since 1968
Appel very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Sint-Truiden · since 1985

Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

DE APPELIER similar

Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2000
De Appelboom similar

Name of an establishment of FERM KINDEROPVANG · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Leuven · since 1976
De Appeltuin similar

Leuven · since 1976
DE Appeltuin similar

Leuven · since 1985
DE APPELBOOM similar

Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 1996
DE APPELBOOM similar

Wommelgem · since 2000
De appeltuin similar

Name of an establishment of Kinderkuren · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Leuven · since 2001
DE APPELBOOM (sole trader) similar

Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2002
De Oogappel similar

Antwerpen · since 1980
DE OOGAPPEL similar

Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 2002
De oogappel similar

Name of an establishment of Dienst Onthaalouders Oudenaarde Junior · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Oudenaarde · since 2004
De Oogappel similar

Development of residential building projects · Staden · since 2025
DE STERAPPEL (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2001
DE PEL (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1993

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