Koch Notarissen

What Koch Notarissen does

Koch Notarissen is a Dutch professional services firm operating as a licensed notary office (notariskantoor) headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, with a second location in Maarssen opened in November 2023. Founded in 1935 in Zuilen (then an independent municipality, merged into Utrecht in 1954), the firm is owned and managed by two notaries — Taeke Tol (appointed 2010) and Wietske van der Koogh (appointed 2017) — following the departure of the founding Koch and Compaijen families. The practice employs approximately 12 staff, including candidate-notarissen and notary clerks.

The firm delivers three core notarial service lines: Onroerend goed (real estate — property transfers, mortgages, apartments, ground lease, and property division); Familierecht (family law — cohabitation agreements, marriage conditions, wills, living wills, donations, and inheritance settlement); and Ondernemingsrecht (corporate law — legal entity selection, B.V. formation, and foundation/association establishment). Underlying technology consists of conventional notary services software for drafting deeds, processing property transfers, and managing legal documentation; no proprietary technology platform is disclosed. The firm operates from a monumental Delftse School building near Julianapark and from the acquired Notarispraktijk Appel premises in Maarssen.

Koch Notarissen operates as a direct-to-consumer professional services firm serving individual and SMB clients in the Utrecht region and surrounding areas. Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee basis tied to regulated Dutch notarial tariffs across the three practice areas. Distribution is conducted primarily through the firm's physical offices, a quote-request web form, and educational content marketing via its website (kochencompaijen.nl). The firm is privately held with no external investment, no disclosed revenue, and no parent company.

Name

Koch Notarissen

Legal name

Koch Notarissen

Website

https://kochencompaijen.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Koch Notarissen is a Dutch licensed notary firm providing real estate, family law, and corporate law notarial services to individual and SMB clients in the Utrecht region from offices in Utrecht and Maarssen.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Notary Services

NAICS

Offices of Notaries (541120)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Notary & Signing Agent Services (Remote/Onsite) (BPAJAOAF)

Keywords

• Notarial services
• Real estate law
• Family law services
• Corporate law
• Property transfer

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Notary Service Fees: Professional notary fees for services including property transfers, mortgages, family law documents (wills, marriage contracts, cohabitation agreements), estate administration, and corporate law services (company formations, B.V. establishment). Fees are charged per service/transaction performed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Koch Notarissen is a Dutch notary firm providing notarial services across three practice areas: Onroerend goed (real estate) covering property transfers, mortgages, apartments, ground leases and property division; Familierecht (family law) covering cohabitation agreements, marriage conditions, wills, living wills, donations and inheritance settlement; and Ondernemingsrecht (corporate law) covering legal structure advice, B.V. (private limited company) formation, and foundation/association establishment. Services are delivered from offices in Utrecht and Maarssen by two appointed notaries and supporting staff.

Product overview

Koch Notarissen is a notary office providing comprehensive legal services organized into three main practice areas: Onroerend goed (Real Estate) including property purchases, mortgages, apartments, ground leases, and property division; Familierecht (Family Law) covering cohabitation agreements, marriage conditions, wills, living wills, donations, and inheritance settlement; and Ondernemingsrecht (Corporate Law) offering legal structure advice, BV establishment, and foundation/association formation. The firm operates from two physical offices in Utrecht and Maarssen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Woning kopen (Buying a house) Property transfer services including deed of delivery, verification of identities, seller authority, mortgages, encumbrances, and financial settlement through the notary. Serves individuals purchasing residential property.
• Hypotheek (Mortgage) Creation of mortgage deeds and processing of mortgage repayment, discharge, and cancellation of mortgage inscriptions at the land registry. Serves property owners and mortgagees.
• Appartement (Apartment) Purchase of apartment rights including usage rights and co-ownership of the building, VvE (owners' association) membership, and split regulations. Serves apartment buyers and property owners.
• Erfpacht (Ground lease) Ground lease services for property on leased land, including conversion to AV1989 terms and perpetual buyout of ground rent in Utrecht. Serves property owners on leased land.
• Verdeling (Division) Division of jointly owned property including notarial deed of division, mortgage assumption, and release from joint liability. Serves co-owners dividing shared property.
• Samenlevingscontract (Cohabitation agreement) Legal agreement for cohabiting couples covering property ownership, financial contributions, household costs, and succession arrangements. Serves unmarried or registered partnership couples.
• Huwelijkse voorwaarden (Marriage conditions) Prenuptial agreements defining private vs. communal property, as an alternative to default limited community of property rules. Serves marrying couples.
• Testament (Will) Will preparation for designating heirs, guardianship appointments, estate administration, and exclusion clauses to prevent inheritance sharing upon divorce. Serves individuals planning their estate.
• Levenstestament (Living will) Document designating an attorney for financial and medical decisions during incapacity due to illness or accident, while maintaining control over personal affairs. Serves individuals planning for potential incapacity.
• Schenking (Donation) Tax-free donation services including annual gifts to children, one-time gifts, and home donation schemes for property purchases or improvements. Serves individuals making gifts to family members.
• Nalatenschap (Inheritance) Inheritance settlement including identification of heirs, estate statement, debt payment, asset collection, tax filing, and distribution to rightful claimants. Serves heirs and executors.
• Rechtsvormen (Legal forms) Advice on choosing appropriate business structure including sole proprietorship, VOF, partnership, BV, NV, and cooperative, with guidance on liability and tax implications. Serves entrepreneurs selecting legal entity type.
• Over de B.V. (About the BV) Closed company (B.V.) establishment including shareholder agreements, board structures, supervisory boards, and incorporation deeds. Serves entrepreneurs forming Dutch private limited companies.
• Stichting of vereniging (Foundation or association) Formation of foundations and associations including articles of association, ANBI status applications, and governance structures. Serves founders of nonprofit organizations and associations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Personal, customer-friendly service with efficient handling

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Notarispraktijk AppelminorOthers · 1 November 2023Former Notarispraktijk Appel location in Maarssen became the second office of Koch Notarissen on November 1, 2023. This represents an acquisition/integration of the former practice into the firm.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Loyens & Loeff: Major Dutch-Belgian law and tax advisory firm with a substantial notarial practice, particularly strong in corporate and cross-border matters. Comparable to Koch Notarissen in offering notarial services, but at much larger scale and focused on enterprise and international clients.
• Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn: Dutch law firm historically associated with public-sector advisory that also maintains a notarial practice serving private clients and businesses. Comparable in notarial scope (real estate, family, corporate) but operates at the national scale of a top-tier Dutch firm.
• Van der Feltz advocaten: Dutch mid-sized law firm combining litigation, corporate advisory, and notarial services for entrepreneurs and private clients. Similar three-pillar mix (real estate, family, corporate) to Koch Notarissen, but operating from larger offices with a broader team.
• Houthoff: Leading Dutch full-service law firm with a notarial practice covering corporate, real estate, and private client matters. Overlaps with Koch Notarissen on notarial services across real estate, family, and corporate, but serves a national and international client base from larger offices.
• De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek: One of the largest Dutch law firms with a dedicated notary practice, serving corporate clients across the Netherlands. Comparable to Koch Notarissen in providing notarial services, but operating at national scale with corporate clientele and broad legal practice rather than regional SMB/consumer focus.
• Nysingh Advocaten & Notarissen: Mid-sized Dutch legal services firm with a notarial practice serving private clients and businesses on real estate, family, and corporate matters. Comparable breadth of notarial services to Koch Notarissen, but distributed across multiple regional offices.
• Trip Advocaten & Notarissen: Regional Dutch law and notary firm with multiple offices providing the same real estate, family, and corporate notarial services as Koch Notarissen. Comparable business model and segment focus, but larger footprint and broader legal practice.

Direct peers

• Holdinga Notariskantoor: Independent Dutch notary firm providing conveyancing, family-law, and corporate notarial services to consumers and SMEs. Direct functional overlap with Koch Notarissen across the same three practice areas and similar scale, though operating in a different regional market.
• Hartman & Van Tilburg Notarissen: Small Dutch notary office offering real estate, family, and business law notarial services to private clients and entrepreneurs. Closely comparable to Koch Notarissen in size, scope, and direct-to-consumer positioning in a regional Dutch market.

Emerging players

• Notaris.nl (TMG/online platform notaries): Online-driven Dutch notary platforms and digital signing services that compete on convenience and price for simpler matters such as wills, cohabitation contracts, and BV formations. Comparable offering to a portion of Koch Notarissen's family-law and corporate-law work, but with a fundamentally different digital-first go-to-market model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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