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.
“FORNA”
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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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Seneffe · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Menen · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2025
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of TAILOR & FOSTER · Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1995
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since 2021
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Abbreviation of FLANDERS OFFSHORE RACING · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Brugge · since 2006
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since 2025
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CIVITANOVA MARCHE (PROVINCIE MC) · since 1978
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Abbreviation of OH Fortuna · Andere drinkgelegenheden · Mortsel · since 1983
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1990
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Herselt · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Blankenberge · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Haacht · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Keerbergen · since 2022
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Other information service activities · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2003
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seneffe · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Manufacture of jewellery · Elsene · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Lochristi · since 2023