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“ANIYA”

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Same or very similar names

14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
  • ANIYA same name
    Koekelberg · since 2024
  • SANIYA very similar
    Ganshoren · since 2018
  • ANITYA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2022
  • ANIMA + very similar
    Abbreviation of ANIMA PLUS · Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 1989
  • ANIMA very similar
    Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1994
  • ANIMA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2000
  • ANIMA very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Herentals · since 2001
  • ANILA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
  • ANITA very similar
    Vorst · since 2007
  • ANIMA very similar
    Retie · since 2025
  • ALIYA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • ANITA very similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zaventem · since 2026
  • Anima very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ANI similar
    Abbreviation of AMAREBE N'IMENA · Oudergem · since 1998
  • ANI similar
    Evere · since 2000
  • AN.i similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kalmthout · since 2021
  • A.N.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Autour de Nos Images · Hannut · since 2011
  • ANI similar
    Abbreviation of L’Aquarium des Nageurs d’Ixelles · Elsene · since 2025
  • ANI similar
    Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
  • NIYA similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Kortrijk · since 2001
  • Niya similar
    Bouw van boven- en ondergrondse spoorwegen · Brakel · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2022
  • Niya similar
    Abbreviation of Niya Instituut · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • NIYA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • INSANIYA similar
    Brussel · since 2014

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).
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