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.
“Nappo”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Amsterdam · since 2022
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since 1997
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since 2013
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Abbreviation of Nieuw Antwerps Philharmonisch Orkest · Antwerpen · since 1947
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of Vereniging voor Alternatief Psychiatrisch en Psychotherapeutisch onderzoek · Nutrition and dietetics services · Kapellen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of NASCHOLING in het PROTESTANTS-CHRISTELIJK ONDERWIJS · Mechelen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
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Tholen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bennebroek · since 1980
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Abbreviation of NUIT DES AVANT-PREMIERES · Brussel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of NAMUR AIR PROMOTION · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Gerpinnes · since 1995
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Abbreviation of NAP societe de conseil en architecture et management du devloppement durable · Meise · since 2001
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Abbreviation of NAZCA AGENCY & PARTNERS · Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DES PROTEAGINEUX ET OLEAGINEUX · Juprelle · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994