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.
“ENCA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1992
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Charleroi · since 1989
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Esenca asbl · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1976
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN NEWS COURIER · Other postal and courier activities · Zaventem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of European network on cultural management and policy/Réseau européen pour le management et les politiques culturelles · Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 1998
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD COUNCIL · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ENERGIE NOMADE CONSULT · Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Stoumont · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Charleroi · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EMBRECHTS NURSE CONSULT · Vosselaar · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Name of P.G. Invest · Retail sale of bicycles · Arendonk · since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Ardooie · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ENC, Electricity, Network, Construction · General electrical installation work · La Louvière · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ENC Kwadraat Consulting · Land surveying · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Herent · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CTRL + C · Graphic design and visual communication · Torhout · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2010
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Other education · since 2012
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Eerste Nederlandse Ciment Industrie · 's-Hertogenbosch · since 1968
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Seraing · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Risk and damage evaluation · Lier · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beringen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of RESEAU EUROPEEN DES CONSEILS DE LA JUSTICE · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Torhout · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · Riemst · since 2000
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Wommelgem · since 2001
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La Rochelle · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Zonnebeke · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Damme · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Fédération européenne des associations nationales de recouvrement · Sandefjord · since 2004
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Manage · since 2024
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2025