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.

“DE HOOP”

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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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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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

De Hoop same name

Gent · since 1921
DE HOOP same name

Abbreviation of Koninklyke Wipmaatschappy de Hoop · Antwerpen · since 1959
de Hoop same name

Abbreviation of Handel- Industrie- en Scheepvaartmaatschappij de Hoop · Terneuzen · since 1980
De Hoop same name

Brussel · since 1995
DE HOOP same name

Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2007
DE GOEDE HOOP very similar

Mixed farming · Oostkamp · since 1994
DE GOEDE HOOP very similar

Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2024
De Hoon very similar

Name of an establishment of MDS Renovation · Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 2005
De Goeie Hoop very similar

Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2024
DE HOOP GELLIK very similar

Lanaken · since 1938
Café De Hoop (sole trader) very similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
CAFE DE HOOP (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1994

Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

De Hoorn similar

Name of an establishment of De Hoorn Grand Café · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2014
DE HOORN (sole trader) similar

Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1990
De Hoorn (sole trader) similar

Other retail sale of food · since 2019
Deho similar

Kippenkwekerijen · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2025
De Hoopnatie similar

Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars De Hoopnatie te Antwerpen Cockerillkaai, Timmerwerfstraat en Leuvenstraat · Antwerpen · since 2004
De Hoon, An (sole trader) similar

Other personal services · since 2015
DE HOOGTE similar

Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Moorslede · since 2009
De Hoorn X similar

Event catering · Leuven · since 2012
DE HOE similar

Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
DEHOS similar

Other information service activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
Dehoe similar

Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenaarde · since 2024
De HoopMakers similar

Waregem · since 2025
De Hoogmis similar

Name of an establishment of Vleesmeester Brewery · Full-service restaurants · Edegem · since 2018
De Hooiman (sole trader) similar

Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2020
DE HOOGMIS similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heers · since 2011
GOEDE HOOP similar

Antwerpen · since 2025
DEHOLI similar

Joinery installation · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1986
DEHOMA similar

Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Alken · since 1992
DE HOEF similar

Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2000
De Hoef (sole trader) similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
De Hoef similar

Sports and recreation education · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
De Hoek (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2026
De Hoef (sole trader) similar

Event catering · since 2001
De Hoef (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
DE HOED (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2002
De Hoek similar

Name of an establishment of PAUL TRADERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2003
DE HOEK similar

Antwerpen · since 2005
DEHONE similar

Interior design · Grez-Doiceau · since 2007
DEHON H. similar

Physiotherapy · Honnelles · since 2026
DE HOEK similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Cafés and bars · since 2019
DEHOMA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Joinery installation · Jodoigne · since 2008

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