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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.

“VANHOUT”

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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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

19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VANHOUT same name
    Landscape service activities · Lier · since 1989
  • VANHOUT same name
    General construction of residential buildings · Geel · since 1989
  • VAN HOUT same name
    Veldhoven · since 1992
  • Van Hout same name
    Site preparation · Nijlen · since 2008
  • Van Houte very similar
    Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1968
  • VAN HOUT J. very similar
    Machining of metals · Lier · since 1989
  • VAN HOUT S. very similar
    Activities of company auditors · Brecht · since 2013
  • VANHOUTTE very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Ardooie · since 1999
  • Van Hout, An (sole trader) very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
  • van Houtum very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Meerhout · since 2020
  • Vanhoutte very similar
    Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Pittem · since 2025
  • vanhout.pro very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 1960
  • Vanhout PPS very similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Geel · since 2014
  • VAN HOUDT very similar
    Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2011
  • VAN HOUDT. very similar
    Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
  • Vanhout, Lara (sole trader) very similar
    since 2021
  • Vanhout, Toon (sole trader) very similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2022
  • Vanhout, Dirk (sole trader) very similar
    Joinery installation · since 2025
  • Vanhout, Linda (sole trader) very similar
    Tattoo and piercing services · since 2013
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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