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“GENERAL DECOR”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • GENERAL DECOR same name
    Oudergem · since 1989
  • GENVAL DECOR very similar
    Rixensart · since 1990
  • GENERAL V very similar
    Manufacture of outerwear · Namur · since 2001
  • GENERAL very similar
    Abbreviation of CAFE GENERAL · Cafés and bars · Diksmuide · since 2016
  • GENERAL DOCTOR very similar
    General medical practice · Ninove · since 2023
  • GENERAL very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of General Engineering Luxembourg · Activities of building architects · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1983
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Ciney · since 1982
  • GENERALDIS similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2022
  • General-C BV similar
    Rotterdam · since 2023
  • GENT DECOR similar
    Other building finishing work · Gent · since 1990
  • GENERALIS similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Gembloux · since 2013
  • GENERAL MB similar
    Plastering work · Jette · since 2019
  • GENERAL 60 similar
    Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2020
  • GENERALEC similar
    General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2005
  • GENERAL NET similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
  • Generaltec similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
  • ALDECOR similar
    Diksmuide · since 1983
  • GEDECOR similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Dinant · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · since 2016
  • ALDECOR similar
    Advertising agencies · Wervik · since 2004
  • General Design similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1969
  • GENERAL GAZ similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1975

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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