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“FOS”

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Same or very similar names

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FOS same name
    Abbreviation of FOS OPEN SCOUTING · Youth work associations · Gent · since 1966
  • F.O.S. same name
    Abbreviation of Fonds voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking - Socialistische Solidariteit · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Brussel · since 1986
  • FOS BV same name
    Etten-Leur · since 1988
  • FoS same name
    Abbreviation of Friends of Scouting · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 1993
  • FOS same name
    Abbreviation of FIDUCIAL OFFICE SOLUTIONS · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Brussel · since 1998
  • FOS same name
    Brasschaat · since 2000
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FOSC similar
    Abbreviation of Federation des Oeuvres Scolaires Catholiques · Liège · since 1968
  • F.O.S.T. similar
    Abbreviation of FOST PLUS · Other business support services · Evere · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
  • FOSG similar
    Abbreviation of Friends of Sustainable Grids · Elsene · since 2011
  • F.O.S.M. similar
    Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
  • FOSA similar
    Trade name of fos open scouting - provincie antwerpen · Nijlen · since 2007
  • FOSH similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • FoSo similar
    Abbreviation of Solidariteitsfonds van de Nationale Kamer van Gerechtsdeurwaarders · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
  • Foss similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Wetteren · since 2025
  • FOSS similar
    Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Brugge · since 2025
  • FOSEC similar
    Abbreviation of FOOD SECURITY · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1994
  • FOSCA similar
    Retail sale of beverages, general range · Mettet · since 1999
  • Fogos similar
    Name of an establishment of CBB · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2013
  • FOSSO similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Gent · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2009
  • FOSEA similar
    Retail sale of games and toys · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2006
  • FosCo similar
    Activities of holding companies · Deerlijk · since 2026
  • FO similar
    Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2020

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.
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