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“Melac”

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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.
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Same or very similar names

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Melac same name
    Other membership organisations · Gent · since 1955
  • MELAN very similar
    Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Hoogstraten · since 1996
  • MELAR very similar
    Abbreviation of MEETJESLAND AUTORUITEN · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maldegem · since 1999
  • MELAK very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 2013
  • MELAN very similar
    since 2020
  • MELAM very similar
    Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Bekkevoort · since 2021
  • Melao very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Genk · since 2023
  • ME Law very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2026
  • MELAY very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maldegem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MELA similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
  • MELA similar
    Name of an establishment of DREAM MA · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brasschaat · since 2020
  • Mela similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Diepenbeek · since 2020
  • Mela similar
    Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2024
  • Melacon similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
  • MELA CLEAN similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
  • Melaclean similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Namur · since 2025
  • Melane similar
    Kippenkwekerijen · Houthulst · since 1969
  • MELARD similar
    Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1987
  • Melaer similar
    Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Alken · since 1999
  • Melaet similar
    Mixed farming · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
  • MELADU similar
    Support activities for crop production · Destelbergen · since 2018
  • MelArt similar
    Literary creation · Diest · since 2024
  • MELANO similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Liège · since 2024
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • 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
  • MEL similar
    Paris · since 2016
  • M.E.L. similar
    Abbreviation of MY EASY LIFE · Other business support services · Esneux · since 2019
  • Joinery installation · since 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • MEL similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heuvelland · since 2026
  • Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van beton, cement en gips · since 2013
  • Melatra similar
    Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 1967
  • MELANI'S similar
    Anderlecht · since 2012
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1994
  • MEL'ANGE similar
    Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2013
  • Inland freight water transport · since 1993
  • Melange similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Mol · since 2015
  • Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2016
  • Melanie similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2017
  • Melania similar
    Other membership organisations · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2019
  • MEL AUTO similar
    since 2019
  • MELAGOM similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Momignies · since 2020
  • Melange similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2020
  • MELATOS similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
  • Melamar similar
    Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Turnhout · since 2020
  • MELANOT similar
    Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2023
  • MELATRA similar
    Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Haaltert · since 2010
  • Computer programming · since 2026
  • Mela similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Pittem · since 1983
  • MELANI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Roofing work · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • 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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