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“KAPEX”

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • KAPEX same name
    Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2016
  • KAPEX same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2018
  • KA PED very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2024
  • KAPEL very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2026
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • KAPE similar
    Abbreviation of Koninklijke Atletiek club Kapellen · Kapellen · since 1984
  • KAPE similar
    Development of residential building projects · Blankenberge · since 1986
  • KAPEDA similar
    Gent · since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
  • KAPERO similar
    Event catering · Kapellen · since 2018
  • KAP similar
    Abbreviation of Kevin Alexander Paramore · Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2020
  • KAP similar
    Physiotherapy · Namur · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1990
  • KAPELLE similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2017
  • KAPEL 22 similar
    Manufacture of outerwear · Deinze · since 2018
  • APEX similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Anderlecht · since 1983
  • APEX similar
    Visual arts creation · Grez-Doiceau · since 1995
  • APEX similar
    Office administrative and support services · Chaudfontaine · since 2001
  • APEX similar
    Dental practice · Schoten · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Other postal and courier activities · since 2020
  • APEX similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 2021
  • apEX similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Deinze · since 2022
  • APEX+ similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
  • APEX. similar
    Landscape service activities · Rixensart · since 2003
  • APEX similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2015
  • APEX similar
    Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Kasterlee · since 2008
  • APEX similar
    Activities of head offices · Aywaille · since 2024
  • APEX similar
    Abbreviation of APEX LEGAL CONSULT · Other legal services · Kalmthout · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2025
  • Kapimex similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Kapellen · since 1962
  • APEX similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2020
  • A.PEX similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of BARMAL-MODE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2006

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