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.
“WENCA”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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 · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waregem · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 1996
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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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Other business support services · Menen · since 2004
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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
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Essen · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Riemst · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 2010