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  • FormatC same name
    Other information technology and computer services · Boechout · since 2013
  • FORMAT very similar
    Name of an establishment of FORMAT-IC · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 1983
  • FORMAT very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Turnhout · since 1996
  • FORMAT + very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2000
  • ForMat very similar
    Abbreviation of ForMat Efficiency · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Grez-Doiceau · since 2014
  • Forma T. very similar
    Joinery installation · Jette · since 2019
  • FoRMaT-V very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
  • Forma.T very similar
    Spa · since 2008
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2024
  • FORMATEC very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Computer programming · Beaumont · since 2009
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Forma similar
    Abbreviation of Equipe pour la Formation à l'Autonomie · Vocational training · Namur · since 1982
  • FORMA. similar
    Name of Forma Brussels · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ukkel · since 1985
  • FORMA similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Leuven · since 1987
  • FORMA similar
    Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1993
  • FORMA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Châtelet · since 1994
  • FORMA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2015
  • FORMA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
  • FORMATIO similar
    Combined facilities support activities · Zaventem · since 1932
  • FORMATIS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2001
  • FORMATHE similar
    Vocational training · Seraing · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2024
  • Formad similar
    Abbreviation of Fondation de Coopération au Développement · Etterbeek · since 1988
  • Formar similar
    Tournai · since 1988
  • Format'Age similar
    Liège · since 1997
  • FORM'AD similar
    Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2002
  • FormaP similar
    Abbreviation of FormaProjet · Socio-cultural adult education · Namur · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2003
  • FORMAT 360° similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Pont-à-Celles · since 2015
  • FORMATECH similar
    Paris · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Vocational training · since 2026
  • FORMATFEU similar
    Braine-le-Château · since 2019
  • FORMAX similar
    Other business support services · Ferrières · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2011
  • Forman similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Vocational training · since 2003
  • formation similar
    Name of an establishment of Amstramgram · Cultural education · Binche · since 2005
  • FORMAZ similar
    Vocational training · Brussel · since 2006
  • Formad similar
    Activities of holding companies · Eeklo · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Socio-cultural adult education · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Vocational training · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
  • Forma tech similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Kapellen · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • Formathéra similar
    Name of an establishment of HAPPY CORPORATE · Other personal services · Esneux · since 2017
  • FORMA-THEMA similar
    Activities of building architects · Nivelles · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Vocational training · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1976
  • Formaat similar
    Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 1966
  • FORMANA similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · since 2001
  • Formads similar
    Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Westerlo · since 2019
  • FORMAFORM similar
    Vocational training · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2022
  • FORMAAT similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
  • FORMADO similar
    Other education · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Forma similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
  • FORMA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aalter · since 1999
  • FORMAT PLUS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 2004

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  • 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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