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“BiVT”

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BiVT same name
    Detailhandel in boeken · Antwerpen · since 2019
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • B.I.V. similar
    Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van de Belgische Industriehoutverbruikers-Union Prof. des Utilisateurs Belges de Bois d'Industrie · Geraardsbergen · since 1970
  • B.I.V. similar
    Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1984
  • B.I.V. similar
    Abbreviation of Brugse Internationale Vleesmarkt · Wholesale of live animals · Brugge · since 1986
  • BIV similar
    Abbreviation of BELGISCHE IRAKESE VERENIGING · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • BIVteam similar
    Computer programming · Sambreville · since 1986
  • BiVW similar
    Name of an establishment of BATAILLE IBENS VANDER ELST · Activities of interior architects · Hoeilaart · since 1986
  • Biva similar
    Halen · since 1991
  • BIVA similar
    Abbreviation of BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL ARTS · Brussel · since 2001
  • BIVS similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2016
  • BIVA similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kaprijke · since 2021
  • BIVA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
  • BIV2 similar
    ORLEANS · since 2011
  • B.I.V. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Bourse Immobilière Visétoise · Liège · since 1968
  • B.I.V.I. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1976

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).
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