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“DECAD”

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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

20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DECA-D same name
    Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 1996
  • Dec.Ad same name
    Abbreviation of DECOTIGNIES ADVICE · Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
  • DECAD same name
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halen · since 2021
  • Decado very similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · Lier · since 2021
  • Decal very similar
    Kaprijke · since 1978
  • DECAM very similar
    Activities of head offices · Etterbeek · since 1987
  • DECAB very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1992
  • DECAP very similar
    Poperinge · since 1996
  • DECAT very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Péruwelz · since 1999
  • DECAM very similar
    Retail sale of lighting equipment · Saint-Ghislain · since 2003
  • De Cat very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2012
  • Decan (sole trader) very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
  • DECAP very similar
    Cafés and bars · Hove · since 2014
  • Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1992
  • DECAE V. very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Genappe · since 2018
  • DECAR very similar
    Oudenaarde · since 2018
  • Cafés and bars · since 2021
  • DECAF (sole trader) very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2009
  • DECAS very similar
    Cafés and bars · Mortsel · since 2011
  • DECAM very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DECA similar
    Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Gent · since 1990
  • DECA similar
    Beloeil · since 1994
  • DECA similar
    Abbreviation of DECA PACKAGING GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2000
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2013
  • DECA similar
    since 2015
  • DECA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2018
  • DECA similar
    Abbreviation of Economische ontwikkeling Anderlecht · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
  • Deca similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Walhain · since 2004
  • DECADAB similar
    General electrical installation work · Izegem · since 2023
  • DECADAM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hannut · since 2008
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
  • DECADES similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
  • DECADANCE similar
    Name of an establishment of PASFIT · Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2000
  • since 2012
  • Landscape service activities · since 1981
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 1983
  • since 1995
  • Decadance similar
    Name of an establishment of A Quiet Place · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Gent · since 2021
  • DECADENZA similar
    Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2011
  • Decapa similar
    Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 1982
  • DECAVA similar
    De Haan · since 1987
  • DECAMA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dendermonde · since 1990
  • DECAVI similar
    Other personal services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
  • DECAGO similar
    Elsene · since 1997
  • DECABO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Clavier · since 1997
  • DECART similar
    Activities of building architects · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
  • DECARO similar
    Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 2002
  • DECABO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Zonnebeke · since 2013
  • DECAPO similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Avelgem · since 2017
  • Mobile food service activities · since 2026
  • DECAVO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2020
  • DECASA similar
    Saint-Ghislain · since 2021
  • DECALE similar
    Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2021
  • DECANN similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Maldegem · since 2022
  • DE-CARS similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
  • DECALI similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
  • Decato similar
    Other business support services · Herent · since 2012
  • Decama similar
    Name of an establishment · Support activities for crop production · Vleteren · since 2005
  • Fitness centres · since 2008
  • DeCare similar
    Nursing and midwifery · De Haan · since 2024
  • Decani similar
    Gent · since 2025
  • DECAST similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2025
  • DECADT & CO similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Koksijde · since 2007
  • DE CARRÉ similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2000
  • De Capo similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Dilbeek · since 1994

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