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“ALEM”
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Action Luxembourg Enfance maltraitée · Other social work without accommodation · Bertrix · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of ASPAWA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Agence locale pour l'Emploi de Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1995
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Nursing and midwifery · Maldegem · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Production of cinema films · since 2024
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Meise · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Evergem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Agence locale pour l'Emploi de Dinant · Employment placement agencies · Dinant · since 1995
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ALL LIFT ENGINEERING · General electrical installation work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ledegem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ALE SECURITY · Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Lennik · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ieper · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Amélioration Label Energétique · Activities of building architects · Binche · since 2023
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Abbreviation of AMUSER LES ENFANTS · since 2011
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brecht · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Europese Vrije Alliantie · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Brussel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Association des landes Eternelles · Lasne · since 2006
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Wholesale of other food products · Sambreville · since 2024
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Production of cinema films · Rixensart · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2010
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Mettet · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Thuin · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1985
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Action laïque de l'Entité couvinoise · Couvin · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Associatie voor Logistieke en Economische Activiteiten · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Agence locale pour l'Emploi de Rochefort · Rochefort · since 1995
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2000
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Diest · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of A.D.W. · Full-service restaurants · Waasmunster · since 2002
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1988
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of JALES · Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Raeren · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Association Liègeoise de l'Ecole de Criminologie · Liège · since 2015
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1974
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Book publishing · Liège · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2019
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Other business support services · Dentergem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Apprendre Lire Ecrire association · Vorst · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Tervuren · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALEXANDER DE BECKER · Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2009
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Algemene Lintse Elektriciteitswerken · General electrical installation work · Lint · since 2012
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Lokeren · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antoing · since 2007
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brussel · since 2025
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Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2025
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2013
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since 2022
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Name of an establishment of PROWOSOL · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2012