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.
“WAT”
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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Abbreviation of Worlds Awesome Team · Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of WORKING ANYWHERE ANYTIME TOGETHER · Business and other management consultancy · Flobecq · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Abbreviation of We Are Together · Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Wat Nu ? Vereniging voor ouders van kinderen met een hechtingsstoornis · Merchtem · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Hannut · since 2024
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Brasschaat · since 1998
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Abbreviation of WORLD ASSOCIATION OF TRADEMARK OWNERS · Kampenhout · since 2000
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Abbreviation of WALLOON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERT · Other technical testing and analysis · Huy · since 2003
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2013
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Arendonk · since 2017
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Abbreviation of van Staartjes! · Other membership organisations · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Abbreviation of WORLD ARAB TRANSLATORS' ASSOCIATION · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Winkelmans Adriaan Technical Troubleshooting · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Berlaar · since 2025
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Torhout · since 1984
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Couvin · since 1990
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Leuven · since 1995
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Landscape service activities · Huy · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2002
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Translation services · Herent · since 2013
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Water Vuurkruisplein 7 te Hoboken · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Worldwide aviation training and translation services · Translation services · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Meise · since 2020
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Abbreviation of WEALTH – ASSETS – TRUST & TRANSACTION STRATEGY · Jette · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Elsene · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2007
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Harelbeke · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Koekelberg · since 2000
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Abbreviation of EG TRADING BV · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Wood Auctions · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Namur · since 2022
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Ieper · since 2007
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · since 2007
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Evergem · since 1983