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“Agates”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Agates same name
    Computer programming · Brugge · since 2009
  • Sole trader very similar
    Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2022
  • AGNATES very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · since 2024
  • AGTES very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • AGATOS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
  • 2 Gates very similar
    Name of an establishment of 2 Gates Sport & Nutrition · Sports and recreation education · Willebroek · since 2020
  • 8 GATES very similar
    Freight transport by road · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • A.T.E.S. similar
    Abbreviation of ANNE TAETER EXPERTISES ET STOMATOLOGIE · Specialist medical practice · Wavre · since 2010
  • ATES similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Awans · since 2026
  • AGATA similar
    General medical practice · Frameries · since 2020
  • Agata similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2024
  • AGATRA similar
    Translation services · Tournai · since 2002
  • AGATTA similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Leuven · since 2013
  • Agatha similar
    Tourist information services · Hasselt · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2024
  • ALMAGATES similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2009
  • Ates similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1996
  • AGATELI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other retail sale of food · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2017
  • AGATHE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Visé · since 2023

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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