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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“YIL”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • YIL same name
    Painting of buildings · Steenokkerzeel · since 2012
  • YIL GROUP very similar
    Name of an establishment · Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Genk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2020
  • Yilux similar
    Name of an establishment of YILUX DESIGN · Floor and wall tiling · Leopoldsburg · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Logistics services · since 2023
  • YILLY similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2022
  • Yil61 similar
    Name of an establishment of Yil Projects · General construction of residential buildings · Genk · since 2010
  • YILDI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2006
  • YILCO similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2025
  • YILAN similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2019
  • YILMA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Floor and wall tiling · Niel · since 2007

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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