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“FORCHANGE”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FORCHANGE same name
    Other education · Fleurus · since 1999
  • C for Change very similar
    Other business support services · Elsene · since 2021
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
  • Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
  • Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
  • Graphic design and visual communication · Arendonk · since 2019
  • Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2020
  • Gent · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants
  • Other membership organisations · Elsene · since 2006
  • CHANGE similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2000
  • CHANGE similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2001
  • CHANGE similar
    Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
  • CHANGE similar
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2015
  • Change similar
    Abbreviation of Change-Credal Social Innovation Fund · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
  • CHANGE similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Incourt · since 2008
  • Change similar
    Name of an establishment of CHANGE THE WORD · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Herent · since 2010
  • Change! similar
    Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • CHANGE similar
    Abbreviation of CHANGE 3600 · Genk · since 2026
  • Evere · since 2023
  • Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2021
  • FOR C similar
    Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 1992
  • Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2011
  • L'Archange similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of AK · Cafés and bars · Boussu · since 2016

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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