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“COTRAP”

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6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • COTRAP same name
    General construction of residential buildings · Châtelet · since 1995
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
  • COTRA SARL very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · TOURCOING · since 2023
  • COTRAPAC very similar
    Abbreviation of Corporation des Transformateurs de Papier et Carton de Belgique · Brussel · since 1940
  • COTRAN very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Cordoba · since 1983
  • SOTRAP very similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · La Bruyère · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • COTRANS similar
    Abbreviation of Coopérative de transformation et de construction du batiment · General construction of residential buildings · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1983
  • COTRASE similar
    Computer programming · Brussel · since 1989
  • COTRAFI similar
    Paris · since 1995
  • Cotrain similar
    Computer programming · Rumst · since 1996
  • COTRADE similar
    Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Blégny · since 2020
  • Cotr similar
    Abbreviation of coverband 'Covers on the Rocks' · Lummen · since 2010
  • CO-TRADE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
  • Cotrabel similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1968
  • Socotrap similar
    Abbreviation of Société de Construction et de Travaux publics · PANAMA · since 1950
  • COTRAGRI similar
    Landscape service activities · Braine-le-Comte · since 1984
  • COTRALUX similar
    Oberpallen · since 1994
  • COTRABEL similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Deinze · since 1997
  • Cotragim similar
    Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Beerse · since 2013
  • DECOTRAP similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Heusden-Zolder · since 2007
  • COTRABEL similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · Erquelinnes · since 2026
  • Cotratour similar
    Morlanwelz · since 1968
  • COCO-TRANS similar
    Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2016
  • CO TRAVAUX similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Verviers · since 2021
  • COTRIX similar
    General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
  • COTRACO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Eupen · since 1975
  • Cotrabois similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Commerce et Transformation du Bois · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1963

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