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“BCED”

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BCED same name
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2018
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • B.C.E. similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU COMPTABLE EUROPEEN · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Schaarbeek · since 1989
  • BCE similar
    Abbreviation of BRAND COOPERATION EUROPE · since 2014
  • BCE similar
    Abbreviation of Brussels Chamber Ensemble · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
  • BCE similar
    Abbreviation of BUSINESS CLUB EUROPE · Oostende · since 2005
  • BCE similar
    Name of LIDS · Demolition · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
  • B.C.E.F. similar
    Abbreviation of ML Consult · Business and other management consultancy · Ramillies · since 1975
  • B.CEC similar
    Abbreviation of ARCH & TECO ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1991
  • BCEC similar
    Agents and brokers in banking services · Mons · since 2016
  • B.C.E.S. similar
    Abbreviation of Badminton Club Enghien Silly · Enghien · since 2003
  • B.C.E.B. similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU CONSEIL EMILE BERNARD · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
  • B.C.E.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Stichting tot Behoud van Cultureel Erfgoed Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • B.C.E. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of BALCAEN CONSTRUCTION ENTREPRISE · since 1978

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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