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.
“Forma'Rive”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vocational training · Floreffe · since 1955
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Abbreviation of Equipe pour la Formation à l'Autonomie · Vocational training · Namur · since 1982
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Aalter · since 1999
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Removal services · Hasselt · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tournai · since 1988
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2001
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Other sports activities · since 2024
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Vocational training · Aubel · since 2004
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Virton · since 2011
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Materials recovery from waste · Mons · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of FORÉ · Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Maldegem · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of FORMAT-IC · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Fondation de Coopération au Développement · Etterbeek · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Turnhout · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of ForMat Efficiency · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Grez-Doiceau · since 2014
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Abbreviation of FormaProjet · Socio-cultural adult education · Namur · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Jette · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Spa · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Wavre · since 2008
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Other business support services · Ferrières · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
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Vocational training · Brussel · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Eeklo · since 2008
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Saint-Ghislain · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Computer programming · Deerlijk · since 2023
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since 1989