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.
“WATSO”
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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Translation services · Herent · since 2013
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Halle · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of WATSON CREATIVE · Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Meise · since 2020
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Abbreviation of WAREGEMS AUTONOOM GEMEENTEBEDRIJF STADSONTWIKKELING WAGSO · Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2007
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Evergem · since 1983
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2017
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Holsbeek · since 2004
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Waterloo · since 2008
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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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since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Deinze · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of LOCALYSE · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Landen · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Herstal · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Geel · since 2023
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since 2009
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since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Incourt · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1994
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since 1990
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since 2008
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Other technical testing and analysis · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2009
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Abbreviation of We Are Together · Business and other management consultancy · since 2021