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“PLAATS”

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Same or very similar names

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PLAATS same name
    Psychology services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
  • Plaats 35 very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Moorslede · since 2017
  • Plaats Group very similar
    Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other personal services · since 2009
  • Open Plaats very similar
    Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Gent · since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
  • Grote Plaats very similar
    Lebbeke · since 2020
  • DE PLAATS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1995
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Name of an establishment of CLOETENS · Joinery installation · Blankenberge · since 1994
  • Plaatsgebrek similar
    Warehousing and storage · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • Werplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Elsene · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Elsene · since 1968
  • WALPLAATS similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 1982
  • Werkplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Lummen · Other business support services · Lummen · since 1968
  • Werkplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Herselt · Verstrekken van hypothecair krediet · Herselt · since 1968
  • Werkplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Hulshout · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Hulshout · since 1968
  • Werkplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Ravels · Afvalwaterafvoer · Ravels · since 1968
  • Werkplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeentebestuur Rijkevorsel · Afvalwaterafvoer · Rijkevorsel · since 1968
  • Werkplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Stad Torhout · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Torhout · since 1968
  • Stelplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Stedelijk Jeugdwerk Leuven · Youth work associations · Leuven · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2021
  • Autoplaats similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 2022
  • Wijkplaats similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2024
  • Stelplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
  • GROENPLAATS similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1988
  • Kioskplaats similar
    Name of an establishment of Politiezone Antwerpen · Lokale Politie · Antwerpen · since 2002
  • GROEIPLAATS similar
    Landscape service activities · Putte · since 2026
  • Troonplaats similar
    Antwerpen · since 2026
  • Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Joost-ten-Node · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
  • Name of an establishment of OOSTREM · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Herent · since 1966
  • A.A.T.S. similar
    Name of an establishment of LinguaDirect · Translation services · Kampenhout · since 1986
  • Joinery installation · Zoersel · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2023

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