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.
“FORTEM”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aalst · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2013
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Other information service activities · Geel · since 2013
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Schilde · since 2007
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Plumbing work · Alveringem · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Aartselaar · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kasterlee · since 2010
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Schelle · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Pajottegem · since 2025
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Office wallon de la Formation professionnelle et de l'Emploi · Employment placement agencies · Charleroi · since 1988
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Oostende · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lier · since 2009
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Bergerac · since 1981
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Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2000
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Diksmuide · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Meise · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Quaregnon · since 2018
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luxembourg · since 2005
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Waregem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Beersel · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2014
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · since 2021
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since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Martelange · since 2013
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since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2018
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Other financial services · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Other business support services · Poperinge · since 2023
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since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seraing · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2025
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Other cleaning activities · Zaventem · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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since 2009
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since 1976