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“IBOUX”

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • IBOUX same name
    Activities of lawyers · Nivelles · since 2022
  • ibouw very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Hove · since 2003
  • Sole trader very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • I.BOU similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Verviers · since 1973
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2022
  • I.BOU similar
    Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE BOUGNET · Development of residential building projects · Chastre · since 2005
  • IBOURT similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Gavere · since 2015
  • I.B.O. similar
    Abbreviation of Internationale Bouworde - Internationaler Bauorden - Association internationale des Compagnons Bâtisseurs - Association of Builder Companions · Leuven · since 1962
  • IBO similar
    Abbreviation of INTEGER BOUWEN · General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 1978
  • I.B.O. similar
    Abbreviation of International Business Object · Elsene · since 1981
  • I.B.O. similar
    Abbreviation of Internationale Bouworde, Association internationale des Compagnons bâtisseurs · Leuven · since 1984
  • I.B.O. similar
    Abbreviation of INVESTERINGS- EN BELEGGINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ VAN DE OOSTKUST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
  • I.B.O. similar
    Abbreviation of IMMO BELGE OFFICE · Development of residential building projects · Oudergem · since 1992
  • IBO similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1996
  • IBO similar
    Name of an establishment of Kinderopvang Turnhout · Day nurseries and crèches · Turnhout · since 1998
  • IBO similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Niklaas · since 2001
  • I.B.O. similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE · Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Tournai · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2016
  • IBO similar
    Abbreviation of Ingenieursbureau Oliviers · Other information service activities · Alken · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
  • IBOURKI similar
    Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Brussel · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2026

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).
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