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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.

“Boston Force”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Boston Force same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
  • Boston very similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Mechelen · since 1975
  • BOSTON very similar
    Dilbeek · since 1983
  • BOSTON very similar
    Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Hoegaarden · since 2018
  • BOSTON very similar
    Name of an establishment of GROUP 23 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liedekerke · since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Boston 4 similar
    Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2016
  • BOFORCE similar
    Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2010
  • Newton Force similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Deerlijk · since 2020
  • BENFORCE similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
  • Bost similar
    Other business support services · Hulshout · since 2023
  • BOST similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2009
  • BOST similar
    Abbreviation of Bond oud-leerlingen Slagerijschool Ter Groene Poorte Brugge · Ichtegem · since 2024
  • BOST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of BOLLEN SERVICE en TRADING · Tienen · since 1993

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