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15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CIRES same name
    Growing of pome and stone fruits · Heers · since 2020
  • CIRES same name
    Abbreviation of CITE DE LA RESTAURATION · Brussel · since 2024
  • C.I.R.E.B. very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Information de la Région Bruxelloise · Schaarbeek · since 1971
  • CIREX very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre for IT Management Research, Education and Exchange · Vocational training · Ukkel · since 1990
  • Sole trader very similar
    Tattoo and piercing services · since 2019
  • CIRED very similar
    Abbreviation of Congrès International des Réseaux Electriques de Distribution · Brussel · since 2021
  • CIREX very similar
    Other business support services · Mol · since 2022
  • CIREC very similar
    Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Wevelgem · since 2022
  • Ciren very similar
    Activities of head offices · Sint-Truiden · since 2026
  • CIPRES very similar
    Trade name of ROODHOOFT-GEERINCKX · Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Duffel · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2015
  • Ceres very similar
    Gent · since 1982
  • CARES very similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE ACADEMIQUE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPERIMENTATION EN SANTE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Liège · since 2013
  • CERES very similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · Geel · since 2013
  • CIMES very similar
    Abbreviation of Conception Intégrée en Mécanique et en Structure · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Saint-Ghislain · since 2015
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CIRE similar
    Abbreviation of COORDINATION ET INITIATIVES POUR ET AVEC LES REFUGIES ET ETRANGERS · Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Elsene · since 1953
  • Cire similar
    Abbreviation of Expertise- en beheerskantoor Cire · Roeselare · since 1999
  • CIRE similar
    Name of an establishment of CLYBOUW INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE · Development of residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2024
  • CIREPA similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Ath · since 1989
  • CIREDH similar
    Abbreviation of Centre international de recherches en droit de l'homme · since 2017
  • CIRECO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Izegem · since 2021
  • CITYRES similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1989
  • COFIRES similar
    Development of residential building projects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2001
  • CIR-ELEC similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Liège · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
  • Circles similar
    Name of an establishment of OOOOOOO · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • CIRECAB similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Intégration et de Rencontre pour l'Echange Culturelle entre Africains et Belges · Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 2011
  • CIRELLE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2018
  • I.R.E.S. similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1994
  • IRES similar
    Laakdal · since 2002
  • IRES similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS · Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Hoogstraten · since 2014
  • IRES similar
    Abbreviation of Innovation In Research & Engineering Solutions · Research and development on biotechnology · Brussel · since 2015
  • IRES similar
    Abbreviation of INSTITUT RHUMSIKI D’ÉTUDES STRATÉGIQUES · Mons · since 2024

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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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