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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.

“HENC”

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  • 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).
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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HENC same name
    Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Hence similar
    Other financial services · Grobbendonk · since 2014
  • Landscape service activities · since 2025
  • HENCAM similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Lier · since 1995
  • Hen similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2019
  • HENCORP similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · Houffalize · since 1987
  • HENCKER similar
    Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 1996
  • HENCILA similar
    Elsene · since 1996
  • HenCorp similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mortsel · since 2019
  • H. en N. similar
    Abbreviation of Roof Craft · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1965
  • HENS similar
    Site preparation · Wuustwezel · since 1978
  • HENS similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hove · since 1985
  • H en H similar
    Advertising agencies · Zandhoven · since 1986
  • HENY similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · Poperinge · since 1990
  • H en A similar
    Keerbergen · since 1991
  • HENS similar
    Painting of buildings · Balen · since 1994
  • H EN W similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · Kuurne · since 1995
  • H en T similar
    Abbreviation of Hou ende Trou · Football clubs · Gent · since 1995
  • H en D similar
    Abbreviation of HOMES & DREAMS · Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
  • H en D similar
    Abbreviation of CREDAN · Business and other management consultancy · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1997
  • H EN P similar
    Mixed farming · Maarkedal · since 1999
  • HENS similar
    Roofing work · Zandhoven · since 2000
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2013
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1983
  • Other postal and courier activities · since 2019
  • H-ENT similar
    Specialist medical practice · Zonnebeke · since 2019
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
  • Hens similar
    Event catering · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
  • HENA similar
    Support activities for crop production · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2012
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
  • HEN - 1 similar
    Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Héron · since 2026
  • Heno similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ravels · since 2026
  • HENCKENS similar
    Dental practice · Ravels · since 1999
  • Henchman similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2020
  • HENCEL & CO similar
    Name of an establishment of HENCEL ET CO · Manufacture of outerwear · Anderlecht · since 1995
  • HEND similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other construction installation · Liège · since 2016
  • H en K similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2016
  • HENG similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • HENI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023

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