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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.

“WATSI”

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.

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  • 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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WATSI same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Meise · since 2020
  • WATSO very similar
    Translation services · Herent · since 2013
  • Watusi very similar
    Abbreviation of Watusi Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2019
  • QATSI very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Aubange · since 2020
  • MATSI very similar
    Activities of notaries · Holsbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WATS similar
    Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1992
  • General electrical installation work · since 2023
  • Watson similar
    Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Halle · since 2016
  • Watson similar
    Name of an establishment of WATSON CREATIVE · Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2016
  • WATSUP similar
    Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2017
  • WATSCH! similar
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Holsbeek · since 2004
  • WATSEC similar
    Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Waterloo · since 2008
  • W.A.T. similar
    Abbreviation of Worlds Awesome Team · Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2022
  • WA²T similar
    Name of an establishment of WORKING ANYWHERE ANYTIME TOGETHER · Business and other management consultancy · Flobecq · since 2010
  • WAT* similar
    Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
  • WAT similar
    Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
  • Computer programming · since 2026
  • WATSSON similar
    General electrical installation work · Landen · since 2010
  • ATSI similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
  • Vocational training · since 2021
  • WAT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of We Are Together · Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
  • NEW ATSI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · since 2016

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