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.
“PATSON”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bornem · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2014
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Halle · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of WATSON CREATIVE · Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · Zedelgem · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van elektrische huishoudapparaten · Ferrières · since 2017
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2019
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2020
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Gent · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · since 1978
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Mortsel · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Optica Patron · Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oostende · since 1988
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Risk and damage evaluation · Oostende · since 1988
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 2011
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Bierbeek · since 2012
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Abbreviation of PATSCO MACHINES EN TECHNOLOGY · Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1989
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Deerlijk · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1994