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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.

“MADUB”

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The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

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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.
  • This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MADUB same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
  • MADUF very similar
    Handel in elektriciteit · Tournai · since 2021
  • MADUT very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2022
  • MADUO very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2022
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MADU similar
    Péruwelz · since 1972
  • MADU similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Harelbeke · since 2016
  • Advertising agencies · since 2026
  • MAD similar
    Lanaken · since 1992
  • M.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of MONTAGE, AFFICHAGE, DEMONTAGE · Advertising agencies · La Louvière · since 1995
  • M.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT ADVICE & DEVELOPMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
  • M.A.D. similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2001
  • M.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of MUSSON ACTIVITES DETENTE · Musson · since 2001
  • MAD similar
    BALATON · since 2002
  • M.A.D. similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 2002
  • M.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of MARKET ADVICE DESPLENTER · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
  • MAD similar
    Abbreviation of STOCK ACADEMY · Other amusement and recreation activities · La Louvière · since 2014
  • Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van beton, cement en gips · since 2024
  • M.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Matthys Architecture & Design · Activities of building architects · Wavre · since 2015
  • MAD similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2015
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
  • MAD similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2017
  • Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2018
  • MAD similar
    Name of an establishment of FIMELDA · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
  • MAD similar
    Abbreviation of MaD Insights · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ham · since 2020
  • MAD similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Trooz · since 2020
  • MAD similar
    Other business support services · Zedelgem · since 2023
  • MAD similar
    Name of an establishment of MAD MARKETING AND HR · Market research and public opinion polling · Tremelo · since 2009
  • M.A.D. similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Pittem · since 2010
  • MAD similar
    Abbreviation of MAD Rudi · Linter · since 2011
  • Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
  • MAD similar
    Abbreviation of Motorshop Arend Dobbelaere · Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
  • Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2022
  • MADURIC similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1994
  • Computer programming · since 2024
  • MaduFin similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Lokeren · since 2022
  • Made Hub similar
    Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • Maduris similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Deinze · since 2025
  • MADURA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Chastre · since 1975
  • MAD (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Activities of building architects · since 2017

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