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“C.I.P.”

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  • 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.
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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CIP same name
    Abbreviation of Centrale Interprovinciale de la Cheville · Brussel · since 1944
  • CIP same name
    Abbreviation of Consulting for Integration of Planers · Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1988
  • C I.P. same name
    Abbreviation of CONCEPT IMMO PARTNERS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2002
  • CIP same name
    Abbreviation of Comité internacional Peruano · Elsene · since 2013
  • C.I.P. same name
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
  • CIP same name
    Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE DU PAYSAGE · Landscape service activities · Les Bons Villers · since 2007
  • C.I.P. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Centre International de Publicité · Etterbeek · since 1966
  • C.I.P. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE D'INFORMATION PROGRESSISTE · Brussel · since 1975
  • C.I.P. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1991
  • CIP&A very similar
    Abbreviation of DIRK CALUWAERTS · Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2002
  • Cip & Co very similar
    Name of an establishment of Cip & Co Events · Other postal and courier activities · Niel · since 2013
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CIPF similar
    Abbreviation of Centre indépendant de Promotion fourragère - Onafhankelijk Groenvoeder Centrum · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1959
  • CIPA similar
    Abbreviation of Centre International de Phonetique Appliquee · Vocational training · Mons · since 1965
  • C.I.P.B. similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE D'INFORMATION ET DE PROGRAMMATION BOURSIERE · Vorst · since 1984
  • C.I.P.I. similar
    Abbreviation of COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET PROMOTION IMMOBILIERE · Bastogne · since 1985
  • CIPI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1993
  • C.I.P.M. similar
    Abbreviation of Club liégeois des Pêcheurs à la Mouche · Liège · since 1996
  • CIPA similar
    Cafés and bars · Ans · since 2016
  • CIPO similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
  • CIPL similar
    Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE EN PRINCIPAUTE DE LIEGE · Blégny · since 2011
  • CIPN similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Heverlee · since 2008
  • CIPA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2026
  • CIPE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wijnegem · since 2026
  • CIPAL similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 1979
  • CIPMP similar
    Abbreviation of Centre universitaire d'information sur les Professions médicales et-ou paramédicales · Other membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1982
  • CIPAL similar
    Computer programming · Geel · since 1990
  • CIPAC similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Evere · since 1991
  • CIPRO similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostkamp · since 1998
  • CIPAT similar
    Tournai · since 1999
  • CIPAR similar
    Abbreviation of Centre Interdiocésain du Patrimoine et des Arts religieux · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Namur · since 2018
  • CIPHA similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2023
  • CIPAS similar
    Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Dessel · since 2012
  • CIPIC similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
  • CI similar
    Abbreviation of CERCLE INDUSTRIEL · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1957
  • C.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Condor International · Travel agency activities · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1990
  • CI similar
    Abbreviation of Concept Informatique · Computer programming · Seraing · since 1999
  • C.I. similar
    Name of an establishment of CAN IKIZLER · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
  • CI similar
    Abbreviation of Cael Imperium · Activities of holding companies · Aartselaar · since 2022
  • c.i similar
    Abbreviation of comité informel · Brussel · since 2022
  • CI similar
    Abbreviation of CERCLE INFOGRAPHIE · Namur · since 2006
  • CI similar
    Abbreviation of Coachinginstitute · Evere · since 2026
  • C.C.I.P. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Comptoir Charbonnier Ixelles et Pannenhuys · Elsene · since 1947
  • C.I.P.A. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Information sur les Pratiques Associatives · Brussel · since 1983
  • C.I.P.F. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Centre d'information de Presse francophone · Oudergem · since 1991
  • C.I.P.E.S. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of CENTRE D'INFORMATIONS PEDAGOGIQUES ET SCOLAIRES · Brussel · since 1997
  • C.I. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Consortium Immobilier · Brussel · since 1937
  • C.I. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of COMPOSITES INTERNATIONAL · Plastering work · Antwerpen · since 2000

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