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“HOVAERE”

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Same or very similar names

14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HOVAERE same name
    Ieper · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
  • HGOVAERE very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 2018
  • HOVAERE NICO very similar
    Other retail sale of food · Waregem · since 2001
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2005
  • Sole trader very similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2024
  • OVAERE very similar
    Floor and wall tiling · Ingelmunster · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2013
  • GOVAERE very similar
    Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Brugge · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2019
  • Hovaere Projects very similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Waregem · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HOVAEREHOEVE similar
    Activities of holding companies · Koekelare · since 2011
  • Hova similar
    Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Mons · since 1970
  • HOVA similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Herk-de-Stad · since 1994
  • HOVA similar
    Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · Mouscron · since 2018
  • HOVA similar
    Landscape service activities · Hasselt · since 2011
  • J. GOVAERE similar
    Groothandel in schoeisel · Roeselare · since 1999
  • PGOVAERE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2018
  • HOVAN similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herselt · since 1983
  • HOVAN similar
    Retail sale of automotive fuel · Torhout · since 1990
  • HOVAS similar
    Freight transport by road · Quiévrain · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · since 2014
  • Hovar similar
    Pig breeding farms · Kluisbergen · since 2021
  • HOVAM similar
    Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2010
  • Hova similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Charleroi · since 1968
  • HOVA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Groothandel in sanitair · Antwerpen · since 1986
  • HOVAG similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Diest · since 1995

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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