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.
“FOREST PNEUS”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Vorst · since 1991
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Essen · since 1990
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Lebbeke · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of GZ Entreprises · Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
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since 1950
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 1999
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · Theux · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · VILLEPINTE · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Koekelberg · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2024