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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.

“MEPLE SA”

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.

Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MEPLE SA same name
    TOURVILLE · since 1998
  • Meeple very similar
    Zonhoven · since 2019
  • MEPLA very similar
    Machining of metals · Lommel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MEPLAX similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Hoogstraten · since 1992
  • MEPLAX BV similar
    Gilze · since 1995
  • MEPLIS similar
    Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2015
  • MEP similar
    Abbreviation of MAISON à ENERGIE POSITIVE · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Engis · since 1986
  • MEP similar
    Name of an establishment of CONSTRUCTION METALLIQUE TONERO MARCO · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Dour · since 1992
  • MEP similar
    Abbreviation of Metteurs en pièces · Vorst · since 2017
  • MEP similar
    Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY PROCESS · Activities of holding companies · Jalhay · since 2019
  • General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • M.E.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Mission Evangélique Péniel · Hannut · since 2012
  • MEP similar
    Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
  • ME Plaza similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2023
  • MEPLATO similar
    STRAUBING · since 2025
  • MEP similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ADit!, · Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1998
  • M.E.P. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2016

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