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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.

“MICHEL STALS”

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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  • 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

20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MICHEL STALS same name
    Dental practice · Liège · since 1991
  • Michel Stals (sole trader) same name
    Dental practice · since 2017
  • MICHELS very similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · Amel · since 1988
  • MICHELS very similar
    Other building finishing work · Deerlijk · since 1993
  • MICHELS very similar
    Name of an establishment of Etablissements Benoit MICHELS · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bouillon · since 1993
  • MICHEL S very similar
    Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Brussel · since 1998
  • MICHELS GMBH very similar
    Rheda - wiedenbruck · since 2000
  • Michels (sole trader) very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2017
  • MICHEL S. (sole trader) very similar
    Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2010
  • MICHEL STAS very similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · Huldenberg · since 1999
  • Michels, Tara (sole trader) very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
  • MICHEL very similar
    Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Haacht · since 1991
  • Michel very similar
    Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Liège · since 1999
  • MICHEL very similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Evergem · since 2016
  • MICHEL! very similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Menen · since 2017
  • Michel (sole trader) very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
  • MICHEL (sole trader) very similar
    Joinery installation · since 2004
  • Michel (sole trader) very similar
    Insulation installation · since 2007
  • Michaël Stas (sole trader) very similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2026
  • MICHEL very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Grimbergen · since 1986
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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