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“FINRES”

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Same or very similar names

13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FINRES same name
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kraainem · since 1990
  • Finares very similar
    Abbreviation of Financial Real Estates Services · Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2022
  • FIRES very similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1986
  • FINES very similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Lasne · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2002
  • Sole trader very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
  • inRES very similar
    Abbreviation of International Resilience and Sustainability Partnership · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2019
  • FINES very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Veurne · since 2009
  • FINDES very similar
    Other legal services · Zonnebeke · since 1968
  • Figres very similar
    Abbreviation of FEDERATION DE L'INDUSTRIE DES CARRIERES DE GRES · Anthisnes · since 1947
  • FIORES very similar
    Other business support services · Wingene · since 2020
  • FINES very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • FINDES very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Schaarbeek · since 1975
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FINREAL similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 2023
  • FINROM similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ukkel · since 2011
  • FINROJ similar
    Brussel · since 2005
  • FINROE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2008
  • FIN-RIX similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Rixensart · since 1987

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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