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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.

“FAPELEC”

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

21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FAPELEC same name
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Seraing · since 2023
  • Apelec very similar
    Name of an establishment of ENBA · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Bonheiden · since 1990
  • APELEC very similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Zemst · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • AP ELEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2024
  • APelec very similar
    General electrical installation work · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2025
  • CAPELEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Gembloux · since 1986
  • FABELEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2020
  • FABELEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Mouscron · since 2021
  • SAP ELEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Liège · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 1969
  • FABELEC very similar
    Other construction installation · Braine-le-Comte · since 2008
  • Tapelec very similar
    General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General electrical installation work · since 2017
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FAPE similar
    Abbreviation of International Association of Fashion Professional & Entrepreneurs · Brussel · since 2025
  • FASTELEC similar
    General electrical installation work · Halle · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2008

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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