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“ADW”

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Same or very similar names

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • A d W same name
    Abbreviation of Andre De Witte · Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 1983
  • A.D.W. same name
    Name of an establishment of ALGEMENE DAKWERKEN MESSIAEN · Roofing work · Zwevegem · since 2000
  • A.D.W. same name
    Full-service restaurants · Waasmunster · since 2002
  • ADW same name
    Gent · since 2014
  • Sole trader same name
    Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1996
  • ADW same name
    Dental practice · Gent · since 2021
  • A D W same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
  • ADW same name
    Nursing and midwifery · Hulshout · since 2011
  • ADW same name
    Knokke-Heist · since 2026
  • ADW GN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
  • A.D.W DK very similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Oostkamp · since 2014
  • ADW IT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2023
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ADWN similar
    Abbreviation of ALGEMENE DAKWERKEN WIM NOELANTS · Roofing work · Rijkevorsel · since 2018
  • ADBDW similar
    Groothandel in onderkleding · Vorst · since 2018
  • AD WAR similar
    Name of an establishment of AD WAR SRL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2022
  • ADway similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2010
  • ADWEL similar
    Abbreviation of AD Welfare · La Hulpe · since 2004
  • AD similar
    Abbreviation of AD - TENTION · Oudergem · since 1964
  • AD similar
    Abbreviation of DAMIAANACTIE · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Koekelberg · since 1964
  • AD similar
    Abbreviation of Artediffusion · Namur · since 1996
  • A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of ATELIER DESIGN · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Etterbeek · since 1996
  • A.D. similar
    Joinery installation · Laakdal · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1997
  • AD similar
    Abbreviation of AriDos · General construction of residential buildings · Thimister-Clermont · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of interior architects · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
  • AD similar
    Abbreviation of Active Diffusion · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Mons · since 2019
  • A²D similar
    Other legal services · Zaventem · since 2021
  • AD similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
  • .AD similar
    Production of cinema films · Schaarbeek · since 2022
  • AD similar
    Abbreviation of Antoine Derom · Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2023
  • AD+ similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diest · since 2023
  • A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of AINSI DANSE · Activities of other sports clubs · Geer · since 2009
  • AD+ similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2009
  • AD similar
    Baggerwerken · Lokeren · since 2005
  • A-D similar
    Abbreviation of ANGE-OU-DEMON · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Gerpinnes · since 2024
  • AD+ similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • AD similar
    Abbreviation of Ann Demarche · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aarschot · since 2025
  • AD² similar
    Abbreviation of AD au carré · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Ittre · since 2026
  • A.D. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ACTION DIFFUSION · Etterbeek · since 1996

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.
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