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.
“Epple”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Perspectives · Vocational training · Flémalle · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Adams Property Partnership Limited Europe · Development of residential building projects · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Drachten · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of EPPLEJECK BRUSSEL · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Zaventem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Les Ecoles primaires et préscolaires libres subventionnées de Jumet-Gohyssart · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Charleroi · since 1979
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE DE PROJETS & PATRIMOINE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ath · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of EQUI POWER PRODUCTS · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Harelbeke · since 1997
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Europese Volkspartij · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Brussel · since 2005
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Abbreviation of EVEPERPLEY · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van geraffineerde aardolieproducten en van producten uit fossiele brandstoffen · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2010
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLASIMEX · Vielsalm · since 1981
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General electrical installation work · since 2006