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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ILAHILAL”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Other photographic activities · since 2014
  • ILAHILAL same name
    Photography, excluding press photography · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
  • I.L.A.L. very similar
    Leuven · since 1982
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ILAH similar
    Literary creation · Steenokkerzeel · since 2004
  • HILAL similar
    Brussel · since 1988
  • HILAL similar
    Antwerpen · since 1994
  • HILAL similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2000
  • HILAL similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2000
  • HILAL similar
    Name of an establishment of HILAL HORECA GROOTHANDEL · Wholesale of other food products · Mol · since 2001
  • HILAL similar
    Schaarbeek · since 2002
  • Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1993
  • Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
  • HILAL similar
    Name of an establishment of HILAL KA · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
  • HILAL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011

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