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.
“HOME FOREST”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of BUKE PARK · Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 2001
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Essen · since 1990
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Lebbeke · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Aalst · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1982
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2022
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Trade name of ERYMES · Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Andenne · since 2025
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Employment placement agencies · Aalter · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren · Gent · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1981
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Tournai · since 1993
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Support activities for crop production · since 2023
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Brussel · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Durbuy · since 1988
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Ukkel · since 1993
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Grimbergen · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merksplas · since 1993
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Zemst · since 1996
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Boechout · since 2025
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Abbreviation of HOMEGEVING · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2025