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.
“The Forge”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of The Forge Group · Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2014
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Mechelen · since 2015
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Fitness centres · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of PILLAR · Operation of sports facilities · Deinze · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Computer programming · Vorst · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants
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Computer programming · Zwevegem · since 2008
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Aarschot · since 1982
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Aarschot · since 1983
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Waasmunster · since 1996
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Buggenhout · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Oud-Heverlee · since 2026