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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.

“ADE - GEM”

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  • 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

18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ADE - GEM same name
    Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Mechelen · since 1993
  • Idegem very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Lede · since 2022
  • ACEGEM very similar
    Abbreviation of Alfano Consultance Gestion et Management · Business and other management consultancy · Soumagne · since 2011
  • ODEGEM very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2012
  • A.D.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of A.D.E. ARCHITECTS SOCIETE CIVILE SPRL · Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
  • A.D.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of Accueil des Enfants · Day nurseries and crèches · Verviers · since 1989
  • A.D.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of Aide à la Décision Economique · Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1990
  • ade very similar
    Abbreviation of Académie des Enfants · Day nurseries and crèches · Waterloo · since 1996
  • ADE very similar
    Zaventem · since 2000
  • A.D.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of ALARME-DOMOTIQUE-ELECTRICITE · General electrical installation work · Aubel · since 2002
  • A.D.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of LES AMIS DES ENFANTS · Wavre · since 2002
  • Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1996
  • ADE (sole trader) very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2017
  • ADE very similar
    Abbreviation of L’âme de l’Europe · Brussel · since 2022
  • ADE very similar
    Abbreviation of L'Atelier d'Emilie · Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
  • ADE very similar
    Abbreviation of Arno's Data Expertise · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalter · since 2022
  • ADE very similar
    Abbreviation of AD-ELEC · Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Gesves · since 2025
  • A.D.E. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Arnout Dewilde Electronica · Heuvelland · since 1951
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ADEM similar
    Name of an establishment of Nouvel Adem · Vervaardiging van elektrische huishoudapparaten · Wavre · since 1965
  • ADEM similar
    Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Bierbeek · since 1967
  • ADEM similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mons · since 1994
  • ADEM similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Anderlecht · since 2000
  • Other education · since 2015
  • ADEM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2021
  • ADEM similar
    Other sports activities · Zoersel · since 2022
  • AD-EM similar
    Abbreviation of Advocaat Emma De Clercq · Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2023
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2019
  • On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
  • ADEGO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Soignies · since 2020
  • ADEM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2006

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