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“Forrest4”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Forrest4 same name
    Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2024
  • FORREST very similar
    Retail sale of other household articles · Chastre · since 1987
  • FORREST 14 very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FORRESTIM similar
    Chastre · since 1987
  • FORRESTER similar
    Walcourt · since 1993
  • FORREST FM similar
    Eeklo · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Compositie van muziek · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2003
  • FORREST FARM similar
    Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Comines-Warneton · since 2021
  • Wervik · since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 1972
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
  • FOREST similar
    Essen · since 1990
  • FORREZ similar
    Computer programming · Leuven · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2022
  • Forest similar
    Lebbeke · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
  • FORREZ similar
    Name of an establishment of FORREZ VLAANDEREN · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Ieper · since 2005
  • FORREZ similar
    Name of an establishment of FORREZ WALLONIE · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2005
  • forest + similar
    Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
  • Forest+ similar
    Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1976
  • FORREAL similar
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brussel · since 2019
  • Forest 1 similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2020
  • Forest 3 similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2020
  • Forest 2 similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2006
  • FORESTA similar
    Name of an establishment of GZ Entreprises · Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Plumbing work · since 2020

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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.
  • This is not a trademark search. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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