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.
“FORWOOD”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Diest · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 1991
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2022
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Huy · since 2005
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Elsene · since 2008
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other construction installation · Vorst · since 2012
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MOANE ZWOANE · Cafés and bars · Diksmuide · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 1995
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2014
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Mons · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Antwerpen · since 2013