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Name check

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.

“OATLINE”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • OATLINE same name
    General medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • ATLINE very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Drogenbos · since 2016
  • Translation services · since 2012
  • BAT LINE very similar
    Site preparation · Lennik · since 2013
  • Out.Line very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2020
  • Outline very similar
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Schaarbeek · since 2021
  • Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2004
  • Katline very similar
    Freight transport by road · Buggenhout · since 2024
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Floatline similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Bree · since 2021
  • Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2013
  • FLATLINE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2013
  • T - LINE similar
    Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
  • O LINE similar
    Joinery installation · Blégny · since 2015
  • OLINE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2016
  • T LINE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    De Panne · since 1990

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