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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.

“NILU”

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  • 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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NILU same name
    Land surveying · Herve · since 2024
  • NILU same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2004
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NILUS similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
  • 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
  • NILUWA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2020
  • NILUBI similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Ravels · since 2020
  • NIL similar
    Name of an establishment of XHO SRL · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2021
  • NILUKA similar
    Office administrative and support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
  • 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
  • NILUFER similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Mons · since 2002
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2018
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2015
  • NILA similar
    Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2015
  • 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
  • NILS similar
    Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2020
  • NILI similar
    Other information service activities · Schoten · since 2020
  • NILH similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2020
  • NILS similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Deinze · since 2020
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2021
  • NILA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2021
  • NILE similar
    Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
  • NILS similar
    Name of an establishment of IBE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beersel · since 2010
  • Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
  • NILC similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Andenne · since 2025
  • ANILU similar
    Kippenkwekerijen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1997
  • Annilu similar
    Lubbeek · since 2022
  • NIL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018
  • VENILU similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Groothandel in fietsen · since 2020

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