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26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

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    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Geraardsbergen · since 2021
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    Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1984
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    Antwerpen · since 1990
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    Name of an establishment of TARGET ADVERTISING · Advertising agencies · Namur · since 2015
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    Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 2016
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    Public relations and communication consultancy · Zemst · since 2019
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    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1990
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    Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2022
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    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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    Brussel · since 1990
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    Sports and recreation education · Herentals · since 2018
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    Employment placement agencies · since 2025
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    Freight transport by road · since 2020
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    Abbreviation of Network for Excellence in Training · Public relations and communication consultancy · Gavere · since 2021
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    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Begijnendijk · since 2023
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    Abbreviation of NEXT PLANET · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2009
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    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL NEXT · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Kortrijk · since 2011
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    Abbreviation of Nursing EXpert Treatments · Activities of holding companies · Thimister-Clermont · since 2008
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    Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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    Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Gent · since 2026
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    Aarschot · since 1991
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    Logistics services · Geel · since 2011
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    Gent · since 1984
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    Abbreviation of NEXT EVENT TECHNOLOGY Group · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Wavre · since 2021
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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    Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2015
  • NEWTARGET similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Business and other management consultancy · Yvoir · since 2022

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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