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“Waterprotec”

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Same or very similar names

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  • Waterprotec same name
    Other building finishing work · Aalst · since 2007
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WATERPROOF similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudenaarde · since 2000
  • WATEC similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Couvin · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Mobile food service activities · since 2025
  • WATEREC similar
    Other business support services · Lichtervelde · since 2020
  • WATERPAS similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zwevegem · since 2015
  • Waterpod similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brussel · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2006
  • Water similar
    Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw Water Vuurkruisplein 7 te Hoboken · Antwerpen · since 1995
  • WAter similar
    Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2020
  • PROTEC similar
    Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
  • PROTEC similar
    Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
  • PROTEC similar
    Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Forging of metal · since 2014
  • PROTEC similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
  • Protec similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General electrical installation work · since 2017

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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