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“Hoste, Pascal”
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Same or very similar names
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · since 1985
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since 1998
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2007
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since 1990
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1991
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Abbreviation of DRUKKERIJ EN UITGEVERIJ HOSTE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1914
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Veurne · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ DEAN HOSTE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wetteren · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Beernem · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Aalter · since 2026
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Wingene · since 1984
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1994
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since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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since 2015
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Support activities for animal production · since 1988
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2010
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since 1996
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Other education · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 1995
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2016
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since 1987
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2001
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
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Wholesale of timber · since 2012
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since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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.