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“ABC TRADE”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ABC TRADE same name
    Translation services · Ukkel · since 2020
  • BC - TRADE very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Kruisem · since 1992
  • AC TRADE very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2012
  • ABM TRADE very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2021
  • TRADE very similar
    Ukkel · since 1975
  • AG TRADE very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Evere · since 2020
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
  • ABC Trading similar
    Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Willebroek · since 2025
  • ABC-Trans similar
    Freight transport by road · Aalter · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
  • A - TRADE similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Ranst · since 2002
  • ABERADE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2017
  • AY TRADE similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Evere · since 2017
  • AT TRADE similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2019
  • AS TRADE similar
    Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Wemmel · since 2011
  • ALTRADE similar
    Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2006
  • AD TRADE similar
    Retail sale of other household articles · Brussel · since 2024
  • AM TRADE similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2024
  • AZ TRADE similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
  • A.B.C.T. similar
    Abbreviation of BANA CONGO TOSUNGANA · since 2009
  • ATRADE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of lighting equipment · Pittem · since 2004
  • A. TRADE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Schaarbeek · since 2006
  • EC Trade similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Pont-à-Celles · since 2009

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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