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“MEREL”

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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.
  • 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

27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MERE similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Riemst · since 1980
  • M.E.R.E similar
    Abbreviation of MISSION ECCLESIASTIQUE DE RESTAURATION/EXODE · since 2008
  • MERELHOF similar
    Pig breeding farms · Rijkevorsel · since 1994
  • Mereş, Viorel (sole trader) similar
    since 2017
  • MERELIEN similar
    Other retail sale of food · As · since 2026
  • Merelbeke similar
    Name of an establishment of BD MEDIA · Advertising agencies · Bornem · since 2022
  • Merelbeke similar
    Name of an establishment of BD LOG · Logistics services · Bornem · since 2022
  • Merelnest similar
    Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Kortenaken · since 2025
  • MERECK similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 1997
  • MERENA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2000
  • MEREP 3 similar
    Abbreviation of Mitiska European Real Estate Partners 3 · Activities of head offices · Dilbeek · since 2022
  • Mereno (sole trader) similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
  • MEREAU similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · Kortrijk · since 2025
  • M.E.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Menten Electro Retie · General electrical installation work · Retie · since 1978
  • M.E.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Maison des Etudiants liégeois · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1998
  • MER similar
    Windhof 8399 · since 2001
  • MEL similar
    Paris · since 2016
  • M.E.L. similar
    Abbreviation of MY EASY LIFE · Other business support services · Esneux · since 2019
  • MER similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2016
  • MEL (sole trader) similar
    Joinery installation · since 2019
  • MER (sole trader) similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
  • MEL similar
    Abbreviation of MAASLAND ECO? LOGISCH! · Kinrooi · since 2009
  • M.E.L. similar
    Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Lebbeke · since 2011
  • Mel (sole trader) similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
  • M.E.L. similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Laarne · since 2025
  • M E R similar
    Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE LA RECONCILIATION · Grimbergen · since 2026
  • M.E.R similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Soumagne · since 2026
  • MEL similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heuvelland · since 2026
  • Merelhoeve (sole trader) similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2018
  • Merelhoeve similar
    Pig breeding farms · Deerlijk · since 2025
  • Meredal similar
    Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Erpe-Mere · since 1979
  • MERADEL similar
    Genappe · since 1988
  • MERYBEL similar
    Chaudfontaine · since 1996
  • MEL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CONTRE LA LEPRE - BELGIQUE FRANCO - ET GERMANOPHONE · Charleroi · since 2002
  • M.E.L. (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004

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