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Same or very similar names

25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Forward Focus same name
    Other information service activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2023
  • FORWARD very similar
    Activities of head offices · Blégny · since 1995
  • FORWARD very similar
    Nivelles · since 1996
  • Sole trader very similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2004
  • Focus very similar
    Antwerpen · since 1988
  • FOCUS very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 1989
  • FOCUS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1989
  • Focus very similar
    Name of an establishment of KIOSK · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Wommelgem · since 1997
  • FOCUS very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Dendermonde · since 2000
  • FOCUS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2001
  • FOCUS! very similar
    Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 2001
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other sports activities · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1999
  • Sole trader very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2001
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1997
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
  • FOCUS very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Diest · since 2022
  • Focus very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2023
  • FoCuS very similar
    Abbreviation of Creative Economical Environmental - FoCuS · Beauvechain · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1983
  • Sole trader very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
  • FOCUS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2011
  • Focus very similar
    Sports and recreation education · Temse · since 2025
  • FOCUS very similar
    Vorst · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Forward Flow similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zoersel · since 2026
  • Forwards similar
    Activities of holding companies · Braine-le-Comte · since 2009
  • FORWARDIS similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Kraainem · since 2015
  • FORWARDDS similar
    Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • Forward Bio similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
  • Doncaster · since 2011
  • FOX FORWARD similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Hemiksem · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2025
  • Willebroek · since 2020
  • FORWART similar
    Retail sale of antiques · Mechelen · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2022

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. 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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