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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.

“NILKI”

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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2024
  • NILKI same name
    Hasselt · since 2026
  • WILKI very similar
    Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Ravels · since 1988
  • NINKI very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 2016
  • Milki (sole trader) very similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · since 1999
  • NIKKI very similar
    Brussel · since 2020
  • WIL-KI very similar
    Kippenkwekerijen · Halen · since 2009
  • NIKKI very similar
    Cafés and bars · Soignies · since 2009
  • NIOKI very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2012
  • NIKKI (sole trader) very similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2006
  • TILKI very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Binche · since 2026
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • N.I.L. similar
    Abbreviation of New Interior Lighting · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1986
  • NIL similar
    Abbreviation of Culture in vivo · Other education · Nivelles · since 1999
  • NIL similar
    Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2016
  • Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2014
  • NIL similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2024
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
  • NIL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018

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