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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.

“VAN HOUT”

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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  • 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

42 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • vanhout.pro similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 1960
  • VAN HOUTEN'S similar
    Kerkdriel · since 1990
  • Van Houtven similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Laakdal · since 1993
  • Vanhout PPS similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Geel · since 2014
  • Van Houte, An (sole trader) similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
  • VAN HOUTVEN (sole trader) similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1991
  • VAN HOUTERT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Bocholt · since 2024
  • VAN HO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Halle · since 2006
  • VANHOUWE similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dendermonde · since 1994
  • "VANHOUWE" similar
    Abbreviation of VANHOUWE RAMEN EN DEUREN · Joinery installation · Dendermonde · since 2008
  • VAN TURNHOUT similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 1983
  • VANHARDHOUT similar
    Vervaardiging van geassembleerde parketvloeren · Izegem · since 1995
  • VAN TORNHOUT similar
    Trade name of VAN TORNHOUT SLAGERIJ- TRAITEUR- EN HORECABENODIGDHEDEN · Wholesale of machine tools · Eeklo · since 1995
  • VAN TURNHOUT similar
    Development of residential building projects · Olen · since 2002
  • Van Houtte, An (sole trader) similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
  • Van Houte, Guy (sole trader) similar
  • Vanhout, Lara (sole trader) similar
    since 2021
  • Vanhout, Toon (sole trader) similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2022
  • VAN LOENHOUT similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2007
  • Vanhout, Dirk (sole trader) similar
    Joinery installation · since 2025
  • Vanhoutte, Tom (sole trader) similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2019
  • VAN HOUTE & ZOON similar
    Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Gent · since 1998
  • VAN HOUCK similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Goederenvervoer per spoor · Anderlecht · since 2017
  • VAN LOENHOUT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Kalmthout · since 1996

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