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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“AD Forest”

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.

Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AD Forest same name
    Landscape service activities · Waterloo · since 2018
  • BD Forest very similar
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Lievegem · since 2020
  • FOREST very similar
    Essen · since 1990
  • Literary creation · since 2022
  • Forest very similar
    Lebbeke · since 2011
  • Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
  • forest + very similar
    Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
  • Forest+ very similar
    Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
  • MND FOREST similar
    Logging · Etalle · since 2011
  • REDFOREST similar
    Landscape service activities · Lasne · since 2005
  • ALLFOREST similar
    Logging · Waimes · since 2006
  • AGRIFOREST similar
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Arlon · since 2013
  • Other software publishing · since 2004
  • Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 1971
  • ADFO similar
    Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2015
  • ARDEN'FOREST similar
    Logging · Florenville · since 2004
  • O-rest similar
    Antwerpen · since 1993
  • APAC FOREST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA PROMOTION DES ACTIVITES CULTURELLES A FOREST · Vorst · since 1997

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