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“Necla”

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Same or very similar names

18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Necla same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • SECLA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 1988
  • Mecla very similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Dour · since 1992
  • NEILA very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deerlijk · since 1992
  • S.E.C.L.A. very similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'EXPERTISE COMPTABLE LAGA ALEXANDRE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2000
  • DECLA very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Izegem · since 2002
  • SECLA + very similar
    Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oudsbergen · since 2016
  • HECLA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Detailhandel in overig textiel · since 2023
  • DECLA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 2004
  • TECLA very similar
    ROMA ITALIA · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
  • Tecla very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Comptoir Commercial et Colonial · Vorst · since 1950
  • Secla very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Knokke-Heist · since 1971
  • NEPLA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1981
  • NEPLA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vilvoorde · since 1989
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of jewellery · since 2009
  • nec + similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Overijse · since 1997
  • NEC similar
    Abbreviation of Network Engineering Construction · Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2012
  • 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
  • NeC similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2004

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).
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