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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.

“MA - LEN”

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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

19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MA - LEN same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zutendaal · since 1989
  • MALENA very similar
    Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Leuven · since 2002
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2012
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2005
  • MALEX very similar
    Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Charleroi · since 1987
  • MALEX very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Arendonk · since 2001
  • MALEX (sole trader) very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
  • MALEA very similar
    Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2005
  • MALEX very similar
    Oostkamp · since 2007
  • MALEW very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2026
  • MALEJ very similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · Pepinster · since 2026
  • MALEAN very similar
    Land surveying · Lennik · since 1996
  • MALEAN very similar
    Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2003
  • Maclen very similar
    Abbreviation of Maclen Management · Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2014
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
  • MALEIN very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
  • MADLEN very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Tervuren · since 2004
  • MALIEN very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Ichtegem · since 2024
  • MALEK very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1990
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • M.A.L.E similar
    Abbreviation of Mon Ame Loue l'Eternel · Menen · since 2012
  • MALE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2008
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
  • MALEGO similar
    Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1988
  • MALEAL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Fernelmont · since 1998
  • MALELA similar
    since 2002
  • MALEJU similar
    Specialist medical practice · Lier · since 2013
  • MALEVA similar
    Cafés and bars · Seraing · since 2013
  • MALEVE similar
    Somme-Leuze · since 2015
  • MALEXI similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • MALEOL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2018
  • MALEGI similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2018
  • MALEAM similar
    Other business support services · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
  • Malexi similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2016
  • MALEAU similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2020
  • MALECO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2020
  • MALEJA similar
    Development of residential building projects · Schoten · since 2020
  • Malexa similar
    Other business support services · Aarschot · since 2022
  • MALELE similar
    Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2010
  • MALEXI similar
    Brussel · since 2003
  • MALEXA similar
    Zulte · since 2004
  • MALEXI similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
  • Maleso similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
  • Operation of sports facilities · since 2026
  • M.A.L. similar
    Abbreviation of LES MARCHEURS DE L'AMITIE DE LANDENNE-SUR-MEUSE · Andenne · since 1996
  • M.A.L. similar
    Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2024
  • M.A.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Make a Living · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Tienen · since 2026
  • MALLEMOLEN similar
    Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1984
  • MALLEMOLEN similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Hoeilaart · since 1987
  • since 2026
  • MALENDRIES similar
    Name of an establishment of Dokter Randy Beulque · Other business support services · Tielt-Winge · since 2022
  • Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2025
  • MALEISE similar
    Other education · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
  • Malexis similar
    Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2018
  • MALEGIO similar
    Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2007
  • MALEX VR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Rijkevorsel · since 2021
  • MALECOM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2022
  • MALECON similar
    Development of residential building projects · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
  • Maldini, Alen (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2013
  • MALEMA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2004
  • MAL.ELEC (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General electrical installation work · since 2011

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