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.
“WATERPROOF”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudenaarde · since 2000
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Roofing work · Balen · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Schilde · since 2007
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Retail sale of household furniture · Ravels · since 2019
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Operation of sports facilities · Remicourt · since 2012
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other building finishing work · Aalst · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2015
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Operation of sports facilities · Lubbeek · since 1995
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zwevegem · since 2015
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brussel · since 2021
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Other education · since 2006
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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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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Glabbeek · since 2018