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“APADES”

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • APADES same name
    Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2008
  • A.P.D.E.S. very similar
    Abbreviation of Association professionelle des Educateurs spécialisés · Liège · since 1976
  • AADES very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1987
  • APIDES very similar
    Abbreviation of Association de Promotion, d'Initiatives et de Développement Economique et Social · Vocational training · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1984
  • A.C.A.D.E.S. very similar
    Abbreviation of Association culturelle d'Activités Dansantes et sportives · Tournai · since 1986
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ADES similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Employes Sabena · Jette · since 1964
  • A.D.E.S. similar
    Abbreviation of ANTWERP DATA ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS · General electrical installation work · Brasschaat · since 1979
  • A.P.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Aide aux Personnes âgées démunies · Elsene · since 1982
  • ADES similar
    Abbreviation of Advanced Developments in Electronics and Software · Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Removal services · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
  • ADES similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wasseiges · since 2020
  • AdES similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Amay · since 2021
  • ADES similar
    Abbreviation of ADE-SOLUTIONS · General electrical installation work · Oupeye · since 2022
  • ADES similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mouscron · since 2003
  • APADA similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour l'alphabetisation des adultes · Mouscron · since 2007
  • Dendermonde · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
  • A.P. ADVICES similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Braine-le-Château · since 2005

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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