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“VDS”

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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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Same or very similar names

38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VDS same name
    Abbreviation of VLAAMSE DIENST SPEELPLEINWERK · Socio-cultural adult education · Mechelen · since 1971
  • V.D.S. same name
    Other tax advisory services · Brakel · since 1980
  • V.D.S. same name
    Beerse · since 1989
  • V.D.S. same name
    Abbreviation of VERMEULEN DISTRIBUTION SERVICE · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Yvoir · since 1990
  • V.D.S. same name
    Abbreviation of KIME · Other non-specialised retail sale · Opwijk · since 1991
  • VDS same name
    Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Deerlijk · since 1991
  • VDS same name
    Name of an establishment of VDS - Services · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Asse · since 1991
  • V.D.S. same name
    Freight transport by road · Oudenaarde · since 1992
  • V.D.S. same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 1998
  • VDS same name
    Abbreviation of Geert VANDERSTUKKEN · Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1999
  • VDS same name
    Insulation installation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
  • V-D.S. same name
    Hairdressing and barber services · Aalter · since 2013
  • VDS (sole trader) same name
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2014
  • VDS (sole trader) same name
    Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · since 1992
  • VDS same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
  • VDS same name
    Abbreviation of scheelzien.org · Oudergem · since 2017
  • VdS (sole trader) same name
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2018
  • VDS (sole trader) same name
    General electrical installation work · since 2021
  • V.D.S. same name
    Abbreviation of VERMEULEN DE SMET · General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 2018
  • V.D.S. same name
    Roofing work · Hasselt · since 2018
  • VDS same name
    Abbreviation of Vertical Dance School · since 2019
  • VDS same name
    General cleaning of buildings · Ichtegem · since 2019
  • VDS same name
    Psychology services · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • VD-S same name
    General medical practice · Mol · since 2023
  • VDS (sole trader) same name
    Other education · since 2008
  • VdS same name
    Abbreviation of VENTS DU SUD · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Arlon · since 2012
  • VDS same name
    Zele · since 2006
  • V.D.S. same name
    Removal services · Asse · since 2007
  • VDS same name
    Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 2008
  • VDS (sole trader) same name
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
  • VDS (sole trader) same name
    General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2024
  • VDS same name
    Insurance agents and brokers · Bornem · since 2025
  • VDS same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Vlaamse Dienst Speelpleinwerk · Meise · since 1994
  • VDS (sole trader) same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2021
  • VDVDS very similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • VDK-VDS very similar
    Abbreviation of DR. VANDEKERCKHOVE HANS, cardioloog en DR. VANDERSTRAETEN EVELYNE, klinisch-bioloog · Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2007
  • VDS-M very similar
    Roofing work · Herent · since 2015
  • VDS - A very similar
    General electrical installation work · Mortsel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • V.D.S.V. similar
    Abbreviation of Verband Deutschsprachiger Seniorenvereinigungen VoG · Amel · since 1993
  • VDSC similar
    Antwerpen · since 2002
  • VVDS similar
    Event catering · Brasschaat · since 2013
  • VVDS similar
    Zemst · since 2014
  • VDSG similar
    Name of an establishment of VDSG CHAUFFAGE · Plumbing work · Tubize · since 2016
  • VDST similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Menen · since 2017
  • VDSZ similar
    Abbreviation of Verenigde Dynamische Schutters Zilverberg · Kontich · since 2017
  • VDSS similar
    Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
  • VDSV similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2020
  • VdSA similar
    Development of residential building projects · Lede · since 2021
  • VDSW similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jodoigne · since 2023
  • VDSV similar
    Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2010
  • VDSL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2024
  • VDSN similar
    Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Brussel · since 2024
  • VDSI similar
    Activities of holding companies · Jodoigne · since 2024
  • VdSG (sole trader) similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
  • VDSS (sole trader) similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2025
  • VDSO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2025
  • VDSG similar
    Roofing work · Gent · since 2025
  • VDSM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 2011

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