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Same or very similar names

20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • EFFECTIVE same name
    Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 1985
  • EFFECTIVE IT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schilde · since 2015
  • B-EFFECTIVE very similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2001
  • EFFECTIVE LINK very similar
    Employment placement agencies · Elsene · since 2019
  • FFECTIVE very similar
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2020
  • EFFECTIVE MEDIA very similar
    Advertising agencies · Asse · since 1995
  • Effective Swing very similar
    Sports and recreation education · Aalst · since 2021
  • Effeqtive very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2021
  • Effective Directing very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2019
  • Effective Together very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2024
  • Groep Effective very similar
    Advertising agencies · Asse · since 2024
  • EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dilbeek · since 2019
  • BLOMME EFFECTIVE very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Wavre · since 2019
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waterloo · since 2007
  • Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2009
  • Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2006
  • EFFECTIVE COMPANY very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • EFFECTIS similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2015
  • EFFECT-IT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2009
  • STEFFECTIVE similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Hasselt · since 2016
  • Effect similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Niel · since 2020
  • EFFECT similar
    Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Lochristi · since 2012
  • EFFECT similar
    Abbreviation of European Forum for Electroconvulsive Therapy · Kortenberg · since 2006
  • EFFECTIEF similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zonhoven · since 2005
  • Effectium similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2023
  • EFECTIV similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2000
  • F-ECTIVE similar
    Real estate agency activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
  • EFFECTUM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2017
  • Effectco similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2018
  • EFACTIVE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Other photographic activities · since 2019
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · Haacht · since 2014

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).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

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