Name check
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.
“FORBEL”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Les Forges de Belle-Vue · Charleroi · since 1931
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Elsene · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging voor Operationeel Onderzoek · Brussel · since 1961
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Other sports activities · Kontich · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Comité pour l'Echange d'Informations entre les Pays du Nord et l'Union Belgo-Luxembourgeoise · Brussel · since 1938
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Erpe-Mere · since 1984
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Abbreviation of TORDO BELGRANO SA · Tourrette-Levens · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Porbel Building Company · General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of EXPLOITATIE MAATSCHAPPIJ FORABEL · Raising of other animals · since 1985
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maaseik · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of OCTABEL · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Evere · since 2021
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Proefboren en boren · Herstal · since 2004
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luxembourg · since 2005
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Herenthout · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Fléron · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · Roosdaal · since 2007
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Genappe · since 1983
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Abbreviation of regionale bruxelloise des etudiants louvanistes · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2009
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Keerbergen · since 2023
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Oudergem · since 1956