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“DEFORA”
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Same or very similar names
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2022
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2007
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Abbreviation of DEFORM ARCHITECTS · Activities of building architects · Lummen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Freight transport by road · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Merksplas · since 1995
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Painting of buildings · Aalst · since 1980
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Anhée · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of AFAQ · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Bredene · since 1999
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Bornem · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of ZEN-TRADING · Painting of buildings · Gent · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ardooie · since 1985
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Abbreviation of DeFO asbl · Performing arts by independent artists · Liège · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of AMYcusa · Public relations and communication consultancy · Malle · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2020
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Zonnebeke · since 1983
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Growing of flowers · Lochristi · since 1986
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Tournai · since 1993
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2023
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Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Trade name of De Forests - Wens · Aarschot · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Esneux · since 1985
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Other business support services · Zwevegem · since 1989
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Support activities for crop production · Ardooie · since 1991
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Tielt · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Jeugdverblijf De Fons · Jeugdherbergen en jeugdverblijfcentra · Tielt-Winge · since 2000
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1994
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Real estate agency activities · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2004
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Tielt · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Comines-Warneton · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of CRATEGUS · Other specialised construction activities · Ardooie · since 1968
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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