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.
“WATEREC”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Lichtervelde · since 2020
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Waterloo · since 2015
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Couvin · since 1990
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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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Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2020
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Diksmuide · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Oudsbergen · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · Aalst · since 2007
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Etterbeek · since 2007
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Vorst · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of bpost · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Brussel · since 1974
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1982
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Torhout · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of DELEN PRIVATE BANK · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Operation of sports facilities · Lubbeek · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of NODU · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rixensart · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 2014
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zwevegem · since 2015
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Socio-cultural adult education · Maldegem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ABS FUNERAL · Funeral services · Nivelles · since 2017
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Gent · since 2017
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2019
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Beringen · since 2012
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brussel · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of LEFTE · Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2004
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · since 2005
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Other education · since 2006
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Voeren · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of WATERLOO 43 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koekelberg · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · since 2017
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Winning van kalksteen, gips, leisteen en andere steen · Waregem · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Deinze · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of D'APOTHEOSE · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of AYASEV · Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013