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“Extel”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Extel same name
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
  • Extell very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Aartselaar · since 2016
  • EXTER very similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Kortrijk · since 2012
  • Nextel very similar
    Trade name of TELENET · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Mechelen · since 2000
  • E-S-TEL very similar
    Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Walcourt · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • EXTEND similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 1990
  • EXTEND similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1993
  • Extens similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1996
  • .EXTENZ similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2002
  • Extern similar
    Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised design activities · since 2020
  • Exter 8 similar
    Name of an establishment of VEDEBE · Retail sale of other household articles · Aalst · since 2021
  • Extend similar
    Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • EXT similar
    Abbreviation of EXTRASCHOOL · Ukkel · since 2013
  • EXT similar
    Abbreviation of Exsportise · Mol · since 2015
  • EXTENSA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 1999
  • Ex Terra similar
    Name of an establishment of RR INTERIEUR · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Knokke-Heist · since 2000
  • EXTERNA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2000
  • Exteria similar
    Land surveying · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2013
  • Extendo similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2015
  • Extenso similar
    Real estate agency activities · Kortemark · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
  • Externa similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Aarschot · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2021
  • EXTERUS similar
    Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Roeselare · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Other software publishing · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2026
  • EXTEEMO similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2026

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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