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14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of JOST R. · Insulation installation · Büllingen · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ICE DIAMONDS ANTWERP · Activities of other sports clubs · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2018
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since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 2021
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Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2022
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Saint-Hubert · since 2005
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of IMMO D'ATH · Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of INFORMATIE OVER DRUGS EN ALCOHOL/INFORMATION SUR LES DROGUES ET L'ALCOOL · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Charleroi · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Vorst · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Wetteren · since 2010
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Ukkel · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of international development and trading company · Office administrative and support services · Ukkel · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1997
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Other software publishing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2000
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL DIVING & ADVENTURE COMPANY · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Chaudfontaine · since 2001
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2012
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Salaise sur Sanne · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Idée d'Architecture · Activities of building architects · Oudergem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Trooz · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zedelgem · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortenaken · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2007
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Abbreviation of IDAY-International · Other membership organisations · Lasne · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1969
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1990
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Gent · since 2000
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2000
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other printing · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2014
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1999
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Abbreviation of International Dawn Anti-Malariza Alliance · Brussel · since 2020
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Computer programming · Rotselaar · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Boechout · since 2008
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Computer programming · Oostkamp · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2026
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Name of International Development Activities and Trading · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1958
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Brussel · since 1990
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Temse · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Institut pour le Développement del'Aide en Milieu ouvert · Sambreville · since 1996
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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