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.
“TAPPIE”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oudenaarde · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Zoersel · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zelzate · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2019
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Geel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tielt · since 2023
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Tholen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Tap Theory · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kruisem · since 2025
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 2014
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Computer programming · Haaltert · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2008