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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.

“PILY”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PILY same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • J. PILY very similar
    Ravels · since 2005
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • P.I.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Promotion et Immobilière Robert Gatelier et Fils à Libramont · General construction of residential buildings · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1977
  • P.I.L. similar
    Abbreviation of LE POLE IMAGE DE LIEGE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2006
  • PIL similar
    Abbreviation of Planet is The Limit · Liège · since 2026
  • PILA similar
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Huy · since 2000
  • PI.LU similar
    Esch/Alzette · since 2000
  • PILI similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Jabbeke · since 2010
  • PILS similar
    Abbreviation of Partners In Life Science · Temse · since 2019
  • Pilõ similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Ukkel · since 2019
  • Event catering · since 2020
  • Pet boarding · since 2024
  • PILE similar
    Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Malmedy · since 2022
  • S.P.I.L.Y. similar
    Namur · since 1995

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