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“FORANS”
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Same or very similar names
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ans · since 2022
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Other sports activities · Hasselt · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zottegem · since 1992
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Other postal and courier activities · Brussel · since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oudenburg · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of F-GROUP · Freight transport by road · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Gent · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Bouillon · since 2011
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Literary creation · since 2012
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Forum van Afrikaanse Associaties · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · Zulte · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Brecht · since 1995
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Abbreviation of FORMATION DES ADULTES LIEGE · Liège · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Forall Confezioni · Quinto Vicentino · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Elsene · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of RV · Site preparation · Staden · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2024
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.