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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.

“TRAPOL”

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.

  • TRAPOL same name
    Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Haacht · since 2006
  • FRAPOL very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2004
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
  • TraPP similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
  • TRAP2 similar
    Joinery installation · Harelbeke · since 2011
  • TRAPES similar
    Abbreviation of Tous en réseau autour de la prévention et de l'expérience du surendettement · Elsene · since 2017
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1983
  • Retail sale of bicycles · since 2024
  • TrapCo similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2026
  • APOL similar
    Wholesale of live animals · Jodoigne · since 2022
  • Tradepol similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Walcourt · since 1973
  • Trapa similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Coopérative des Transformateurs de Papier d'emballage · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
  • Trappe similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Travail Responsabilité Autonomie Par une Politique d'Emploi · Havelange · since 1985

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