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Same or very similar names
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987
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Retail sale of household furniture · Beringen · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · De Panne · since 1968
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1975
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Antwerpen · since 1963
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Ukkel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Charleroi · since 1992
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since 2003
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Gent · since 1978
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1981
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE ZAIROISE D'IMPORT ET D'EXPORT · Kinshasa 32 D · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of Aracuan · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Holsbeek · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of ACOUTHERM · Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Nevada 89102 USA · since 1997
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Wholesale of other food products · Turnhout · since 2023
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Other construction installation · Holsbeek · since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Grimbergen · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Losev - Minsaer · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Zele · since 1980
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Hairdressing and barber services · Charleroi · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ACTIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT · Computer programming · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1990
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Media representation · Zwalm · since 1999
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 2025
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.