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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“MANUELECT”

An active company already has this name

The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

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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 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).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MANUELECT same name
    General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2007
  • MANUELEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Elsene · since 2005
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MANUEL similar
    Activities of head offices · Geraardsbergen · since 2015
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
  • Abbreviation of MANUELLA VICTORIA SOINS INFIRMIERS · Nursing and midwifery · Châtelet · since 2011
  • Mat-elect similar
    Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Seraing · since 2012
  • Manuel 24 similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2024
  • Manuela RJ similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Overijse · since 2008
  • MANUELINE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2021
  • MARSELECT similar
    Freight transport by road · Ninove · since 2025
  • Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2014
  • since 2026
  • Translation services · since 2020
  • General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2026
  • MANU similar
    Materials recovery from waste · Brussel · since 1998
  • Visual arts creation · since 2016
  • Manu similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
  • MANU similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2012
  • MANU similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
  • General electrical installation work · since 2026
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
  • Plumbing work · since 2024
  • Plumbing work · since 2026
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
  • MANU similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of D'HOSE- DE MEUTER · Full-service restaurants · Ternat · since 2005

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