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.
“FORN BV”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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8024 AE ZWOLLE · since 2014
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1993
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Groningen · since 2015
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TAILOR & FOSTER · Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Seneffe · since 2021
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Abbreviation of FLANDERS OFFSHORE RACING · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Brugge · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2009
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Fort Bouw · Woudrichem · since 1973
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Joinery installation · Eeklo · since 1974
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Bergerac · since 1981
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Eppelborn · since 1984
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Physiotherapy · Dilbeek · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 1992
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Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · Boechout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION ET ORGANISATION DE JEUNESSE · Youth work associations · Charleroi · since 1996
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Abbreviation of FORMAT + · Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2000
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Torhout · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Other education · Mechelen · since 2018
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2025
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Computer programming · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MARKUS FORT · Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Hove · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Food Design for Opportunities Research and Knowledge · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Siler Architectuur · Activities of building architects · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Deerlijk · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of FOR 2 PROJECTS · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Forum van Afrikaanse Associaties · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Maldegem · since 2005
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · Roeselare · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Event catering · Bornem · since 2026
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Friends of Roman Ostia · Antwerpen · since 2017