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“NILS”

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10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NILS same name
    Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2020
  • NILS same name
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Deinze · since 2020
  • NILS same name
    Name of an establishment of IBE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beersel · since 2010
  • NILS- UNIT very similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Nivelles · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other business support services · since 2017
  • NILS GROUP very similar
    Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Nivelles · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
  • Nils Thijs very similar
    Plumbing work · Boom · since 2025
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NILSS similar
    Name of an establishment of FWood · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2018
  • N.I.L. similar
    Abbreviation of New Interior Lighting · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1986
  • NILSEN similar
    Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Lebbeke · since 1990
  • NIL similar
    Abbreviation of Culture in vivo · Other education · Nivelles · since 1999
  • Nilsof similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Aalst · since 2013
  • NIL similar
    Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2016
  • NIL similar
    Name of an establishment of XHO SRL · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    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
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
  • Nilshub similar
    Abbreviation of New Ideas, Learning & Solutions Hub · Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2015
  • NILA similar
    Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
  • NiLo similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zutendaal · since 2018
  • NILA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
  • NILI similar
    Other information service activities · Schoten · since 2020
  • NILH similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2021
  • NILA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2021
  • NILE similar
    Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
  • NILU similar
    Land surveying · Herve · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
  • NILC similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Andenne · since 2025
  • Nilsanio similar
    Other retail sale of food · Lichtervelde · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2023
  • Anil's similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
  • Nilsco similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Trade name of Aliquid · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • NIL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018
  • NILU similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2004

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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