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“Mecla”

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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Mecla same name
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Dour · since 1992
  • SECLA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 1988
  • SECLA + very similar
    Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oudsbergen · since 2016
  • MECKA very similar
    Activities of building architects · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
  • MECAA very similar
    Abbreviation of MANYU ELEMENTS CULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ANTWERP · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • TECLA very similar
    ROMA ITALIA · since 1993
  • MI.CLA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Drogenbos · since 2023
  • MEHLA very similar
    Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2025
  • Necla very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 2025
  • Mezcla very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1996
  • Tecla very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Comptoir Commercial et Colonial · Vorst · since 1950
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Meclex similar
    Abbreviation of Metallon Clean Extractions · Winning van andere non-ferrometaalertsen · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • MEC similar
    Abbreviation of MARIEN ECOLOGISCH CENTRUM · Oostende · since 1985
  • M.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of MULTIMEDIA ENGINEERING COMPANY · Computer programming · Koekelberg · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1978
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
  • M.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CHRETIENNE · Aalst · since 2019
  • M-E-C similar
    Abbreviation of MOERMAN ENGINEERING CONSULTING · Activities of holding companies · Maarkedal · since 2020
  • MEC similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2021
  • MEC similar
    Abbreviation of Management Event Consulting · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • M.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of MEDISCH ESTHETISCH CENTRUM · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Zottegem · since 2022
  • MEC similar
    Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Lierneux · since 2022
  • M.E.C. similar
    Specialist medical practice · Grimbergen · since 2010
  • MEC similar
    Abbreviation of MOTOCROSS ENDURANCE CHESTROLAISE · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2012
  • MEC similar
    Abbreviation of MYLORD EXOTIC COMPANY · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Anderlecht · since 2026
  • M.E.C. LINE similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Brussel · since 2001
  • E.C.L.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Association européenne des Juristes d'Entreprises · Brussel · since 1990
  • ECLA similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1999
  • ECLA similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2026

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.
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