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Same or very similar names
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2024
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · AMSTERDAM · since 2026
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Charleroi · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Boortmeerbeek · since 2016
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Genappe · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Genappe · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of LBDB · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Opwijk · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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.