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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.

“MAENE”

An active company already has this name

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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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 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

41 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Maen similar
    Advertising agencies · Lier · since 2016
  • MAESEN E. similar
    Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Zonnebeke · since 2024
  • MAEN IT similar
    Computer programming · Villers-la-Ville · since 2022
  • Maenas similar
    Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2024
  • MAE similar
    Abbreviation of Magic Air Events · Operation of sports facilities · Rochefort · since 2013
  • MAE similar
    Abbreviation of M Automotive Engineering · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jabbeke · since 2021
  • MAE similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2009
  • Mae (sole trader) similar
    Other personal services · since 2011
  • MAE similar
    Abbreviation of MINISTERE APOSTOLIQUE EMMANUEL · Assesse · since 2011
  • MARC DHAENE similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Deinze · since 1993
  • Maenen, Dave (sole trader) similar
    Computer programming · since 2014
  • Marc D'haene (sole trader) similar
    Mixed farming · since 1995
  • Maenen, Vern (sole trader) similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
  • Maenen, Davy (sole trader) similar
    Machining of metals · since 2026
  • MAENAUT similar
    Office administrative and support services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
  • MAELYNE similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
  • MAENCAR similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Kapellen · since 2014
  • Maes, Ine (sole trader) similar
    since 2020
  • Marlene (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
  • Marlene (sole trader) similar
    Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2006
  • Maenhof similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Wingene · since 2024

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