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.
“apapacho”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Walcourt · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2026
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Association Participative des Agents du CPAS de Huy · Huy · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of APPACHE · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Inland freight water transport · since 1998
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Trade name of DE WERKTITEL · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Activiteiten van vakbonden · Vilvoorde · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion d'Activités culturelles à Ixelles · Elsene · since 1973
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Abbreviation of AUTO - PIECES - ACCESSOIRES - CARROSSERIE · Seraing · since 1989
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Manage · since 1995
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Activities of head offices · Nieuwpoort · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PAIX EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES PROFESSEURS POUR L'AIDE PEDAGOGIQUE · Soignies · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Association de Pilotes acrobatiques de Compétition automobile · Jette · since 1991
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Lokeren · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Zulte · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Amicale du Patro de Chênée-Thiers · Liège · since 2001
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DE L'AUDIOVISUEL ET DE LA CULTURE · Liège · since 1996
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 2021