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Compared with the KBO register · free

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“Vanhover, Mathieu”

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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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2018
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2021
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    Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2013
  • Real estate agency activities · Waregem · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Veterinary services · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1984
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2006
  • Van Hove Rob similar
    Landscape service activities · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • VANHOVE similar
    Wetteren · since 1970
  • VAN HOVE similar
    Name of an establishment of R. VAN HOVE · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Lier · since 1976
  • VANHOVE similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 1983
  • Van Hove similar
    Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 1983
  • VANHOVE similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1988
  • VANHOVE similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Diksmuide · since 1990
  • VANHOVE similar
    Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Lede · since 1995
  • VAN HOVE similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Asse · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · since 1978
  • VAN HOVE similar
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Tournai · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2020
  • VAN HOVE similar
    Plumbing work · Olen · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 1981
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2004
  • VANHOVE similar
    Agents and brokers in banking services · Brugge · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2006
  • VAN HOVE similar
    Ranst · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2021
  • General medical practice · Flobecq · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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