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“OPENFORCE”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • OPENFORCE same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2001
  • PENFORCE very similar
    Chaudfontaine · since 1991
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • TENFORCE similar
    Computer programming · Leuven · since 2001
  • BENFORCE similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
  • ReEnForce similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2024
  • GJENFORCE similar
    Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2021
  • Open Source similar
    Name of an establishment of FRANCORCHAMPS GROUPE PARTNERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Welkenraedt · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2020
  • GREENFORCE similar
    Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Brugge · since 2021
  • O.P.E.N. similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour une Société écologique Observatoire permanent de l'Environnement association internationale · Brussel · since 1995
  • OPEN similar
    Levallois-Perret · since 2017
  • OPEN similar
    Event catering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2025
  • OPEN similar
    Abbreviation of OPEN RETAIL SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
  • FORCE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2021
  • FORCE similar
    since 2009
  • GREEN-FORCE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Landscape service activities · Zoersel · since 2018

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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