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 Hoef”

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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

23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

DE HOEF same name

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

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

Sports and recreation education · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
De Hoef (sole trader) same name

Event catering · since 2001
De Hoef (sole trader) same name

Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
DE HOEF VZW same name

Ukkel · since 2010
DE HOE very similar

Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
Dehoe very similar

Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenaarde · since 2024
De Hoek (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2026
DE HOED (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2002
De Hoek very similar

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

Antwerpen · since 2005
DE HOEF GAW very similar

Name of an establishment of EMEIS VLAANDEREN · Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2011
DE HOEF 1627 very similar

Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 1990
DE HOEF ERIC very similar

Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 2000
De Witte Hoef very similar

Vermogensbeheer · Lier · since 2012
De Hoef, Chana (sole trader) very similar

Literary creation · since 2020
De Groote Hoef very similar

Full-service restaurants · Lommel · since 1998
De Hoef, Louise (sole trader) very similar

Real estate agency activities · since 2026
De Hoef, Maurice (sole trader) very similar

Land surveying · since 1984
De Woef (sole trader) very similar

Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
King De Hoef very similar

Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2025
DE HOEK very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Cafés and bars · since 2019

Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

Dehoef, Tim (sole trader) similar

Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2023
DE PAARDEHOEF similar

Operation of sports facilities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
De Hoefslag similar

Lanaken · since 1971
De Hoeve similar

Operation of sports facilities · Balen · since 1975
De Hoeve similar

Name of an establishment of DE VIJVER · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Antwerpen · since 1984
DE HOEVE similar

Cafés and bars · Sint-Truiden · since 1993
DE HOEVE similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zandhoven · since 2019
De Hoeve (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2006
Dehoef, Bart (sole trader) similar

Painting of buildings · since 2022
De Hoeve (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2023
De Hoeve similar

Name of an establishment of HOSPEC · Cafés and bars · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
DE HOEFSLAG (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1987
DE HOEVE + similar

Full-service restaurants · Lanaken · since 2024
De Hoefplek (sole trader) similar

Landscape service activities · since 2025
Deho similar

Kippenkwekerijen · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2025
Dehoef M&L similar

Other building finishing work · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2026
DE PANNEHOEF similar

Pet boarding · Bekkevoort · since 2016
DEHOS similar

Other information service activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
Dehoef, Thomas (sole trader) similar

Painting of buildings · since 2004
De Withoef similar

Cafés and bars · Lommel · since 1990
DE HOENRIK similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Peer · since 2003
DE HOEKJES similar

Stekene · since 2019
De Hoekjes similar

Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2023
De Hoop similar

Gent · since 1921
DE HOOP similar

Abbreviation of Koninklyke Wipmaatschappy de Hoop · Antwerpen · since 1959
de Hoop similar

Abbreviation of Handel- Industrie- en Scheepvaartmaatschappij de Hoop · Terneuzen · since 1980
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 Hoop similar

Brussel · since 1995
DE OUDE HEIHOEF similar

Raising of horses and other equines · Kalmthout · since 2005
De Hoon similar

Name of an establishment of MDS Renovation · Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 2005
DE HOOP similar

Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2007
DEHONE similar

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

Physiotherapy · Honnelles · since 2026
De Hoeve similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Name of an establishment of KENTUCKY · Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2007
DEHOMA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Joinery installation · Jodoigne · since 2008

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