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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.

“Mackel”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Mackel same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pelt · since 2017
  • MACKER very similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Herstappe · since 2004
  • MACKEN very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Aarschot · since 2006
  • MACEL very similar
    Maastricht · since 1980
  • Mackel, Astrid (sole trader) very similar
    since 2000
  • MOCKEL very similar
    Machining of metals · Baelen · since 1971
  • MOCKEL very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Meise · since 1991
  • Gackel (sole trader) very similar
    Other education · since 2014
  • MAC DEL very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2016
  • Macbel very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Ferrières · since 2012
  • MacWel very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Pajottegem · since 2026
  • Macbel very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société belge des Machines-Outils et Outillage de Haute Précision · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1945
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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