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“IPORA”

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13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • IPORA same name
    Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2010
  • SIPORA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2024
  • IPOFA very similar
    Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
  • OPORA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2001
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1987
  • Sole trader very similar
    Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 1994
  • IXORA very similar
    Name of an establishment of BLOEMEN IXORA · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Zulte · since 2010
  • SpoRa very similar
    Abbreviation of SPORTUNA RANST · Grobbendonk · since 2010
  • IMORA very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
  • Sole trader very similar
    News agency activities · since 1968
  • IXORA very similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Lommel · since 2005
  • Ifora very similar
    Abbreviation of IFORA vzw · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • I.P.O. similar
    Abbreviation of I.P.O., International Promotion Organisation · Waregem · since 1985
  • IPO similar
    Herstal · since 2018
  • IPO similar
    Abbreviation of Instituut Professionele Ondersteuning · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • IPO similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2021
  • IPO similar
    Abbreviation of IPO SOLUTIONS · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Namur · since 2009
  • IPO similar
    Computer programming · Brussel · since 2006
  • IPO VZW similar
    Antwerpen · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2025
  • IPO similar
    Name of an establishment of Psynetwerk · Psychology services · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • TSIPORA similar
    Ukkel · since 2013
  • iPorros similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2014
  • TSIPORA similar
    Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Liège · since 2026
  • PORA similar
    Abbreviation of Paroisse Orthodoxe Roumaine Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 2019

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  • 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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