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“RIV”

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  • RIV same name
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Tournai · since 1989
  • Riv-IT very similar
    Other software publishing · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2025
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • RIVA similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1986
  • RIVO similar
    Abbreviation of RIEMST VOORUIT · Operation of sports facilities · Riemst · since 1991
  • RIVI similar
    Liège · since 1992
  • RIVV similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Büllingen · since 1996
  • RIVO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 1999
  • RIVA similar
    Name of an establishment of GREGAN · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Anderlecht · since 2000
  • Rivi similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2015
  • Riva similar
    Abbreviation of Riva Clean Team · General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1992
  • RIVE similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Oupeye · since 2013
  • Riva similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2020
  • RiVi similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2023
  • RIVU similar
    General construction of other non-residential buildings · Ichtegem · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1980
  • RIVS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2005
  • RIVA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • RIVE similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
  • RIVA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 2025
  • RIVL similar
    Other financial services · De Panne · since 2025
  • RIVA similar
    Name of an establishment of RIVA DEVELOPPEMENT · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2026
  • RIZIV similar
    Abbreviation of Rijksinstituut voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering · Verplichte sociale verzekeringen, met uitzondering van ziekenfondsen · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1963
  • RIVAL similar
    Name of an establishment of G RICHARD CONSULT · Other financial services · Evere · since 1992
  • RIVEL similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vorst · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2016
  • RIVEA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
  • RIVEK similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2018
  • River similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Retie · since 2020
  • RIVEN similar
    Other business support services · Gent · since 2022
  • RIVAC similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2022
  • RIVIT similar
    Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1999
  • Rivka similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2006
  • Riveo similar
    Abbreviation of Riveo (Centre d'Interprétation de la Rivière) · Operation of sports facilities · Hotton · since 2006
  • RIVAS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2024
  • Rivon similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beringen · since 2025
  • RIVAN similar
    Activities of lawyers · Deinze · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
  • RIVEX similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • R.I. similar
    Brussel · since 1980
  • R.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Rekreatie-Investering · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1982
  • R.I. similar
    Abbreviation of RESIDENTIAL INVEST · Lessines · since 1996
  • RIVA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of TJR GROUP · Full-service restaurants · Lanaken · since 2021
  • RIVED similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Floor and wall tiling · Anderlecht · since 2019
  • RI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2021

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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.
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