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.
“Warson”
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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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since 2026
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2021
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since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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since 1969
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since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · Dentergem · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Haacht · since 2014
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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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Other technical testing and analysis · Anzegem · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1994
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Retail sale of household furniture · Maasmechelen · since 1968
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2009
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of NIXINVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1970
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Anderlecht · since 2004
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Kortrijk · since 1996
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2012
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · Etterbeek · since 2025