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“FORAN”

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Same or very similar names

14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FORAN same name
    Other sports activities · Hasselt · since 2022
  • FORANS very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ans · since 2022
  • FORAC very similar
    Plumbing work · Brecht · since 1995
  • FORAL very similar
    Abbreviation of FORMATION DES ADULTES LIEGE · Liège · since 2000
  • FORAS very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2020
  • FORAX very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2025
  • FORVAN very similar
    Wholesale of timber · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
  • FOR-HAN very similar
    Boechout · since 2018
  • Floran very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2009
  • Forman very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
  • Forsan very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2005
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FORA similar
    Abbreviation of Forum van Afrikaanse Associaties · Antwerpen · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2026
  • For Art similar
    Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 1989
  • Forall similar
    Abbreviation of Forall Confezioni · Quinto Vicentino · since 2015
  • FORAKO similar
    Freight transport by road · Elsene · since 2014
  • For All similar
    Name of an establishment of RV · Site preparation · Staden · since 2006
  • For ACE similar
    Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2024
  • FOR similar
    Name of an establishment of TAILOR & FOSTER · Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1995
  • F O R similar
    Abbreviation of FLANDERS OFFSHORE RACING · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Brugge · since 2006
  • for animals similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Foratom similar
    Abbreviation of Forum atomique européen · Paris · since 1996
  • FORADIA similar
    Proefboren en boren · Sainte-Ode · since 2009
  • Foralda similar
    Name of an establishment of HARRY INC. · Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2004
  • FOR.A.BRA similar
    Name of an establishment of CEPAG-FORABRA-BRABANT WALLON · Socio-cultural adult education · Nivelles · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Logging · since 2007
  • ORAN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2016
  • FORABEL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of EXPLOITATIE MAATSCHAPPIJ FORABEL · Raising of other animals · since 1985

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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