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  • ECRN same name
    Construction of roads and motorways · Lokeren · since 2018
  • E.C.R.N. same name
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CHEMICAL REGIONS NETWORK · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Elsene · since 2018
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • E.C.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Fidacom · Other tax advisory services · Wemmel · since 1978
  • E.C.R. similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIÉTÉ D’ÉTUDES, COMMERCIALISATION ET RÉALISATION · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Anderlecht · since 1989
  • ECR similar
    Abbreviation of EGLISE CITE DE REVEIL · Brussel · since 2017
  • E.C.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Education Canine Ramillies asbl · Ramillies · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2004
  • E.C.R.I. similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CONSULTANTS RELATIONS INFORMATIONS · Brussel · since 1989
  • E.C.R.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Européenne de Communication et de Relations Internationales · Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met personenvervoer · Ukkel · since 1991
  • E.C.R.C. similar
    Abbreviation of EDUQUER COMPRENDRE ET RESPECTER SON CHIEN · Namur · since 1997
  • ECRU similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR ROMANIAN UNITY · Ukkel · since 2018
  • ECRE similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON REFUGEES AND EXILES · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2009
  • ECRE similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON REFUGEES AND EXILES · LONDON · since 2000
  • Ecru similar
    Inland freight water transport · Evergem · since 2024
  • ECRE similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CROWN REAL ESTATE · Elsene · since 2024
  • ECRP similar
    Abbreviation of Equipes Cynotechniques de Recherche de Personnes · Wanze · since 2025
  • ECRV similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diksmuide · since 2025
  • ECR similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2007

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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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