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.
“FOS BV”
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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Abbreviation of FOS OPEN SCOUTING · Youth work associations · Gent · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Fonds voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking - Socialistische Solidariteit · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Brussel · since 1986
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Etten-Leur · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Friends of Scouting · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 1993
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Abbreviation of FIDUCIAL OFFICE SOLUTIONS · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Brussel · since 1998
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Brasschaat · since 2000
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Federation des Oeuvres Scolaires Catholiques · Liège · since 1968
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Abbreviation of FOST PLUS · Other business support services · Evere · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Friends of Sustainable Grids · Elsene · since 2011
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Trade name of fos open scouting - provincie antwerpen · Nijlen · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Solidariteitsfonds van de Nationale Kamer van Gerechtsdeurwaarders · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Wetteren · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Brugge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of FOOD SECURITY · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1994
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Mettet · since 1999
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Other education · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Gent · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2009
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Retail sale of games and toys · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Deerlijk · since 2026