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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.

“MAD MEN”

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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

41 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MAD MEN same name
    Other information service activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
  • Madmen same name
    Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2025
  • ADMEN very similar
    Liège · since 2019
  • MADSEN very similar
    Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Brugge · since 1979
  • MAD MAN very similar
    Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2014
  • MADMAN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
  • MADLEN very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Tervuren · since 2004
  • MADMAN very similar
    Advertising agencies · Schoten · since 2008
  • MADGEN very similar
    Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • Men very similar
    Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1975
  • Men very similar
    Brasschaat · since 1974
  • MAD very similar
    Lanaken · since 1992
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of MONTAGE, AFFICHAGE, DEMONTAGE · Advertising agencies · La Louvière · since 1995
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT ADVICE & DEVELOPMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2001
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of MUSSON ACTIVITES DETENTE · Musson · since 2001
  • MAD very similar
    BALATON · since 2002
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 2002
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of MARKET ADVICE DESPLENTER · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
  • MAD very similar
    Abbreviation of STOCK ACADEMY · Other amusement and recreation activities · La Louvière · since 2014
  • MAD (sole trader) very similar
    Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van beton, cement en gips · since 2024
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of Matthys Architecture & Design · Activities of building architects · Wavre · since 2015
  • MAD very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2015
  • MEN very similar
    Abbreviation of MARITIEM ERFGOED NIEUWPOORT · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nieuwpoort · since 2016
  • MAD (sole trader) very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
  • MAD very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2017
  • MAD (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2018
  • MAD very similar
    Name of an establishment of FIMELDA · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
  • MAD very similar
    Abbreviation of MaD Insights · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ham · since 2020
  • MAD very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Trooz · since 2020
  • MAD very similar
    Other business support services · Zedelgem · since 2023
  • MAD very similar
    Name of an establishment of MAD MARKETING AND HR · Market research and public opinion polling · Tremelo · since 2009
  • M.A.D. very similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Pittem · since 2010
  • MAD very similar
    Abbreviation of MAD Rudi · Linter · since 2011
  • Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
  • MEN very similar
    Abbreviation of MUTA ENTERPRISE NETWORK · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Schaarbeek · since 2024
  • M.E.N. very similar
    Abbreviation of Marfan Europe Network · Namur · since 2024
  • MAD very similar
    Abbreviation of Motorshop Arend Dobbelaere · Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
  • M.E.N. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Tournai · since 1992
  • MAD (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Activities of building architects · since 2017
  • Mad Men Boulevard very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of MIKOMAD-MH · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MADM similar
    Abbreviation of M.A.D. MANAGEMENT · Activities of building architects · Middelkerke · since 2020
  • MAD MEDIA similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Pittem · since 2009
  • M.A.D - M T similar
    Activities of building architects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1999
  • madmum similar
    Name of an establishment of Felipes · Cafés and bars · Meise · since 2016
  • MADM-DK similar
    Malle · since 2020
  • MadMax similar
    Groothandel in spijsoliën en -vetten · Kortrijk · since 2021
  • MAD MUD similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2022
  • Madmat similar
    Activities of holding companies · Hooglede · since 2024

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