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“KNIP”

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Same or very similar names

28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • KNIP same name
    Computer programming · Hasselt · since 1991
  • Knip same name
    Retail sale of household furniture · Temse · since 2010
  • Knip same name
    Brugge · since 2010
  • Knip same name
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Boutersem · since 2026
  • KNIP KNIP very similar
    Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Tienen · since 1996
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 1996
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2001
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
  • Sole trader very similar
    Veterinary services · since 2005
  • Knip & Co very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Edegem · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
  • Knip & Pint very similar
    Trade name of 7'Nivoo · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2017
  • KNIP & KRUL very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Pajottegem · since 2009
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
  • Knipoog similar
    Name of an establishment of vereniging zonder winstoogmerk Buitenschoolse Kinderopvang 'Knipoog' · Day nurseries and crèches · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1999
  • KNIPPET similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Lummen · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
  • KNIK similar
    Name of an establishment of LA CANTERELLA · Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 1997
  • KNIX similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Denderleeuw · since 2002
  • KniB similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 2019
  • K-NIS similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Visé · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
  • KNIPPING similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 1980
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2010
  • KNIPP JLK similar
    Activities of holding companies · Opwijk · since 2005
  • KNIPBAAI BV similar
    OESTGOEST · since 2000
  • Knipp 301 similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Malle · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
  • KNIPPERIJ similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Rotselaar · since 1973
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
  • Knipoogje similar
    Abbreviation of Knipoogje Fotografie & Multimedia · Roeselare · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • KNIPPOWER similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2023
  • KNIPBARON similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Meise · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011

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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