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“JOAL”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • JOAL same name
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2001
  • JOAL same name
    Activities of holding companies · Lummen · since 2013
  • Sole trader same name
    Office administrative and support services · since 2021
  • JOAL same name
    Activities of head offices · Hove · since 2011
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Jo-a similar
    Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2002
  • JOA similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • JOALEX similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
  • JOA similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
  • JOALMI similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Heuvelland · since 2025
  • JOALENA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2021
  • JOALQUI similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2025
  • J.O.A.T. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2018
  • JOAM similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2022
  • JO-AX similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Harelbeke · since 2022
  • JOAN similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2022
  • JOAN similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Pelt · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
  • JOAX similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Stavelot · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
  • JOAN similar
    Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2024
  • JoAn similar
    Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2024
  • JOAN similar
    Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Zele · since 2025
  • JOALKOBA similar
    Funeral services · Lummen · since 2001
  • JO-AN similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Fortuna bis · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 2023

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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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