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“Exbel”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Exbel same name
    Binche · since 1968
  • EXEBEL very similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE CADRES RETRAITES OU EN DEPART ANTICIPE DU SECTEUR GAZ ET ELECTRICITE VERENING VAN KADERLEDEN GEPENSIONEERD OF IN VERVOEGDE UITSTAP VAN DE SECTOR · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2004
  • EUBEL very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Wemmel · since 1990
  • EXBAL very similar
    Other specialised design activities · Chaudfontaine · since 1990
  • EXDEL very similar
    Other legal services · Arlon · since 2016
  • Extel very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
  • EXSEL very similar
    Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
  • Excel very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 1988
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1983
  • Utexbel similar
    Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Ronse · since 1974
  • EXCOBEL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1988
  • Ditexbel similar
    LUXEMBOURG · since 1992
  • Retexbel similar
    Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Wemmel · since 2025
  • Brutexbel similar
    Abbreviation of Association des Importateurs et Agents Importateurs Belges de Fibres Libériennes · Gent · since 1941
  • CENTEXBEL similar
    Abbreviation of Wetenschappelijk en Technisch Centrum van de Belgische Textielnijverheid · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1975
  • ELEX BELUX similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Mons · since 2025
  • Anderlecht · since 1990
  • EXPABEL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Ohey · since 1990
  • Impexbel similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Charleroi · since 1954
  • ALLEXBEL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Willebroek · since 1991

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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