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.
“WATERHOEN”
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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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Waregem · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Izegem · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1977
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Operation of sports facilities · Lubbeek · since 1995
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Koekelare · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Ardooie · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2004
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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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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Kortemark · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Heusden-Zolder · since 1983
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Dendermonde · since 1984
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Overijse · since 1987
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Herselt · since 1995
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Schilde · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978