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“Mapela”

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Same or very similar names

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Mapela same name
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 2025
  • MAPLA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Anderlecht · since 1995
  • MACELA very similar
    Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1985
  • MAJELA very similar
    Brussel · since 1987
  • MAJELA very similar
    Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1990
  • MAPEMA very similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lanaken · since 2000
  • MALELA very similar
    since 2002
  • MASELA very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Braine-le-Château · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other construction installation · since 2020
  • Mabela very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 2020
  • MAPALA very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Mape similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Erpe-Mere · since 1967
  • MAPE similar
    Abbreviation of MAISON DE LA FEMME · Brussel · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2025
  • MAPEX similar
    Wholesale of timber · Schoten · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of other household articles · since 2022
  • MA P.E.B. similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2011
  • MAPECO similar
    Name of an establishment of MAPECO TURNHOUT · Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Turnhout · since 1990
  • MA PEAU similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brugge · since 2023
  • MAP-EPI similar
    Abbreviation of MOUVEMENT D'ACTION PAYSANNE - ECOLE PAYSANNE INDEPENDANTE · Vocational training · Wellin · since 2004
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 2024
  • PELA similar
    Other business support services · Rotselaar · since 2017
  • MAPEN similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Ichtegem · since 2001
  • MAPER similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2018

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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