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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.

“KA-PM”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • KA-PM same name
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
  • KAPM same name
    Computer programming · Rumst · since 2024
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • KAPMES similar
    Other printing · Hasselt · since 2018
  • KAP similar
    Abbreviation of Kevin Alexander Paramore · Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2020
  • KAP similar
    Physiotherapy · Namur · since 2021
  • KAPE similar
    Abbreviation of Koninklijke Atletiek club Kapellen · Kapellen · since 1984
  • KAPE similar
    Development of residential building projects · Blankenberge · since 1986
  • KAPA similar
    Schilde · since 1988
  • KAPA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 1999
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2012
  • KAPA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2014
  • KAPA similar
    Joinery installation · Ranst · since 2018
  • Advertising agencies · since 1999
  • KAPA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Zutendaal · since 2019
  • KAP S similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mol · since 2020
  • KAPS similar
    Trade name of KAPS LAB · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
  • KAP'S similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudergem · since 2010
  • KAPO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
  • KAPO similar
    Name of an establishment of TribalMedia · Drukken van dagbladen · Brussel · since 2008
  • KAPA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Saint-Nicolas · since 1988
  • KAPS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1992
  • KAPS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2021

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