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.
“Watteman”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
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Computer programming · Turnhout · since 2005
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS BELGIUM · Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Buggenhout · since 1988
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Abbreviation of WATTAN vzw · Cafés and bars · Boechout · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Kruisem · since 2007
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Other personal services · since 2024
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since 2018
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2006
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2000
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ronse · since 2009
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Brasschaat · since 1998
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Abbreviation of WALLOON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERT · Other technical testing and analysis · Huy · since 2003
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2013
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Abbreviation of van Staartjes! · Other membership organisations · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Winkelmans Adriaan Technical Troubleshooting · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Berlaar · since 2025