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.
“FORREST FM”
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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Eeklo · since 2007
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Retail sale of other household articles · Chastre · since 1987
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Chastre · since 1987
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2024
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2003
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Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Comines-Warneton · since 2021
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Walcourt · since 1993
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Compositie van muziek · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · VILLEPINTE · since 2020
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Wervik · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · since 1972
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ForestForward · Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Brugge · since 1987
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 2022
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Mechelen · since 2018
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Essen · since 1990
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2002
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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 FORREZ VLAANDEREN · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Ieper · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of FORREZ WALLONIE · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2005
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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
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2000
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2012
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since 1976
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2022