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.
“Forima”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
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Merksplas · since 1951
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Nursing and midwifery · Ravels · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Equipe pour la Formation à l'Autonomie · Vocational training · Namur · since 1982
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Name of Forma Brussels · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ukkel · since 1985
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Leuven · since 1987
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Châtelet · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Marchin · since 1989
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Other specialised construction activities · Soumagne · since 1992
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Tubize · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Association francophone pour la Formation des Professions immobilières · Aubel · since 1998
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Aalter · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Oostende · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oudergem · since 1973
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Eppelborn · since 1984
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Elsene · since 1989
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Computer programming · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aarschot · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ieper · since 1987
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Beringen · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Zele · since 2013
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Performing arts by independent artists · Mol · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Diepenbeek · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1986
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1998