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“FORUS4”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FORUS4 same name
    Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2008
  • FORUS very similar
    Zele · since 1994
  • ForUs very similar
    Deinze · since 2019
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
  • FORUM similar
    Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1973
  • FORUM similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Roeselare · since 1975
  • FORUM similar
    Name of an establishment of DAIDALOS · Activities of independent sportspeople · Antwerpen · since 1985
  • Forum similar
    Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
  • Forum similar
    Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
  • Forum similar
    Name of an establishment of LD3 · Activiteiten van dag- en dienstencentra voor ouderen · Brussel · since 1993
  • FORUM similar
    Name of CELACOR · Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 1993
  • FORUM similar
    Advertising agencies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1976
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1997
  • FORUM similar
    Full-service restaurants · Torhout · since 2011
  • FOR UP similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Fleurus · since 2004
  • FORUM K similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2011
  • FORUM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Trade name of SCHOLENGROEP 2 : KAPELLEN - KALMTHOUT · Stabroek · since 1999
  • Forum similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Niklaas · since 1985
  • Forum similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1992

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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