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“FirstMate”

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Same or very similar names

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  • FirstMate same name
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • First Estate similar
    Name of an establishment of FE Immo · Real estate agency activities · Brasschaat · since 2016
  • FIRST ESTATE similar
    Activities of bailiffs · Asse · since 2011
  • FIRST similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
  • FIRST similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1986
  • FIRST similar
    Abbreviation of FIRST COLLECTION · Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1987
  • FIRST similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1989
  • FIRST INC similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1995
  • FIRST similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
  • FIRST similar
    Name of an establishment of Shipman · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
  • First similar
    Other business support services · Schoten · since 2023
  • FIRST similar
    Abbreviation of First-IT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Mechelen · since 2003
  • FIRST similar
    Name of an establishment of REAL ESTATE EXPERTISE RELOCATION · Other specialised construction activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2004
  • FIRST similar
    Name of an establishment of DIVA NETWORK · General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2006
  • FIRST similar
    Abbreviation of SE FIRST ICON RESEARCH SARL · CH-1204 GENEVE · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2026
  • FIRST2 similar
    Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2017
  • FIRST I similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oudenaarde · since 2004
  • FIRST MOTOR similar
    Name of an establishment of First Motors · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 1993
  • FIRST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of JAPIAN MONDIAL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1984
  • FIRST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997

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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.
  • 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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