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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • IDES same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 1991
  • Sole trader same name
    General electrical installation work · since 1991
  • Ides same name
    Activities of building architects · Hooglede · since 2019
  • i-des same name
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wervik · since 2020
  • Sole trader same name
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • IDEES similar
    Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1997
  • IDEES similar
    Abbreviation of INSTITUT D'EVALUATION ET ETUDES SPECIALISEES · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1998
  • IDESO similar
    Other business support services · Beernem · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Wholesale of other food products · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
  • IDESA similar
    Gent · since 2003
  • IDE similar
    Abbreviation of IMMO-DEFOIN · Namur · since 1979
  • IDE similar
    Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELLE DE L'ELECTRICITE · General electrical installation work · Morlanwelz · since 1980
  • IDESCA similar
    Gent · since 1984
  • IDESBA similar
    Lier · since 1990
  • IDESCA similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
  • IDESON similar
    Kontich · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2016
  • Idesco similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2017
  • IDE similar
    Abbreviation of Institut des Démocrates Européens · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Brussel · since 2007
  • Irides similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2026
  • IDRISSIDES similar
    Boom · since 2011
  • IDE SHOP similar
    Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brussel · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2022
  • iDesign similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lille · since 2009
  • I-Design similar
    Painting of buildings · Kuurne · since 2009
  • I-Design similar
    Name of an establishment of ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP ALENTIJNS KAREN · Activities of building architects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2010
  • I.D.E.N. similar
    Abbreviation of Intercommunale de Distribution d'Eau de Nandrin - Tinlot et Environs · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Nandrin · since 1947
  • Idee+ similar
    Name of an establishment of Prima-Lux · Retail sale of household furniture · Herentals · since 1969
  • I.D.E.F. similar
    Abbreviation of Institut pour le Développement de l'Enfant et de la Famille · Other social work without accommodation · Sambreville · since 1980
  • IDEA similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Bornem · since 1981
  • IDEE similar
    Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Kortenberg · since 1986
  • IDEO similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Harelbeke · since 1987
  • IDEE similar
    Kampenhout · since 1987
  • IDEE similar
    Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Koksijde · since 1988
  • Idea similar
    Elsene · since 1987
  • IDEA similar
    Other building finishing work · Brugge · since 1988
  • IDEA similar
    Beauvechain · since 1989
  • I.D.E.A. similar
    Cafés and bars · Dendermonde · since 1991
  • IDEP similar
    Marbella · since 1996
  • I.D.E.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Association internationale de Développement par l'Entreprise - Europe · Brussel · since 1996
  • IDee similar
    Abbreviation of Inzet en Democratie · Brasschaat · since 1995
  • IDEK similar
    Activities of holding companies · Pittem · since 1998
  • IDEA similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Bastogne · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van producten van vezelcement · since 1993
  • Idem similar
    Huldenberg · since 2014
  • IDEP similar
    Plumbing work · Tournai · since 2020
  • IDEE similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Menen · since 2020
  • IDE9 similar
    Real estate agency activities · Fleurus · since 2021
  • IDER similar
    Design and construction of stages and sets · Gent · since 2022
  • IDEA similar
    Abbreviation of ICEHOCKEY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION · Liedekerke · since 2009
  • I-DEM similar
    Abbreviation of EXOSENSO · Other photographic activities · Walcourt · since 2009
  • IDEA similar
    Abbreviation of INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT,ENVIRONMENT,AND ARCHITECTURE · Elsene · since 2004
  • IDEO similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2005
  • IDEM similar
    Antwerpen · since 2005
  • IDEA similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2005
  • IDEM similar
    Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Oudenaarde · since 2006
  • I.D.E.E.S. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Initiatives pour le Développement d'Entreprises associant la Rentabilité économique et sociale · Schaarbeek · since 1986
  • IDEE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Leopoldsburg · since 1975
  • I. de B. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 1994
  • IDEE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of INVENTION DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC & ENGINEERING · 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.

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