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.
“FORTRON”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hoensbroek · since 1988
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Poperinge · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seraing · since 2010
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Maarkedal · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2019
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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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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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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zottegem · since 1992
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Rixensart · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Genk · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Zonnebeke · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2008
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Other sports activities · Bornem · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Lievegem · since 2025
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Beersel · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2013
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Other information service activities · Geel · since 2013
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Schilde · since 2007
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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