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“NELY”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NELY same name
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Rochefort · since 2023
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NELLY similar
    Brussel · since 1990
  • NELYA similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
  • Nelly similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Kortemark · since 2020
  • N-E-L similar
    Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Lommel · since 2015
  • N.E.L. similar
    Other building finishing work · Etterbeek · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2010
  • NEL similar
    Abbreviation of Netwerk Emotioneel Lichaamswerk Vlaanderen · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Demolition · since 2007
  • NELYAN similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2023
  • NELYAL similar
    Research and development on biotechnology · Huy · since 2025
  • NELYOS similar
    Name of an establishment of MemetiCorp · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2025
  • NELB similar
    Abbreviation of ACM Belgium Life · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Brussel · since 1957
  • NELL similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Leuven · since 1983
  • NELE similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hoeilaart · since 1983
  • NELS similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Logging · since 2017
  • NELU similar
    Nursing and midwifery · La Louvière · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2010
  • NELL similar
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Oud-Turnhout · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
  • NELA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Blégny · since 2023

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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