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Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.

“TIDEA”

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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.
  • This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • TIDEA same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 2019
  • TIDEE very similar
    Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1996
  • TIDEE (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1988
  • Tides very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2013
  • TiDee (sole trader) very similar
    Insulation installation · since 2015
  • Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2018
  • TIDEN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 2017
  • Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · since 1994
  • TIDES very similar
    Name of Wout Desart · Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2024
  • TRIDEA very similar
    Materials recovery from waste · Tournai · since 2015
  • IT-IDEA very similar
    Trade name of FREDERIC VAN QUICKENBORNE · Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2009
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • TIDE similar
    Advertising agencies · Diepenbeek · since 2025
  • Landscape service activities · since 2015
  • Painting of buildings · since 2017
  • TIDECO similar
    Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • TiDeCo similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Kapellen · since 2025
  • Tidevi similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Evergem · since 2025
  • Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2025
  • Other education · since 2021
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
  • Tidecom similar
    Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2025
  • Tidelei similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2025
  • Tidesco similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
  • I.D.E.A. similar
    Abbreviation of "I.D.E.A. S.C" · Market research and public opinion polling · Mons · since 1956
  • IDEA similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Bornem · since 1981
  • Idea similar
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Elsene · since 1987
  • IDEA similar
    Other building finishing work · Brugge · since 1988
  • IDEA similar
    Beauvechain · since 1989
  • I.D.E.A. similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL DECOR EXPORT AGENCY · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beauvechain · since 1990
  • I.D.E.A. similar
    Cafés and bars · Dendermonde · since 1991
  • IDEA similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Bastogne · since 1999
  • IDEA similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Soumagne · since 2002
  • Vervaardiging van producten van vezelcement · since 1993
  • IDEA similar
    Abbreviation of IDEA Chauffage et Sanitaire · Plumbing work · Grez-Doiceau · since 2016
  • Idea similar
    Gembloux · since 2016
  • Other retail sale of food · since 1995
  • Detailhandel in boeken · since 2020
  • IDEA similar
    Abbreviation of ICEHOCKEY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION · Liedekerke · since 2009
  • Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1982
  • IDEA similar
    Abbreviation of INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT,ENVIRONMENT,AND ARCHITECTURE · Elsene · since 2004
  • IDEA similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2005
  • I-dea similar
    Other printing · Antwerpen · since 2008
  • IDEA! similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
  • HistIdea similar
    Name of an establishment of AGOKO · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
  • Computer programming · since 2007

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