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“ANKAM”

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ANKAM same name
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genk · since 2021
  • ANKAR very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1988
  • Sole trader very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
  • ANKAA very similar
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
  • MAN KAM very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1985
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ANKA similar
    Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1987
  • ANKA similar
    Tremelo · since 1989
  • ANKA similar
    Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Wommelgem · since 1992
  • ANKA similar
    Knokke-Heist · since 1993
  • ANKA similar
    Hasselt · since 1993
  • ANKA similar
    Name of an establishment of ANKA INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Destelbergen · since 1995
  • ANKA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
  • ANKA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Peer · since 2012
  • ANKA similar
    Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 1993
  • ANKA similar
    Name of an establishment of MHD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diest · since 2015
  • ANKA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2023
  • ANKA similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oosterzele · since 2009
  • Anka vzw similar
    Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
  • Ankamal similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
  • ANKARA similar
    Antwerpen · since 1984
  • Ankawa similar
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Lokeren · since 2014
  • ANKABE similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Kontich · since 2013
  • Ankara similar
    Name of an establishment of TOSUNCO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2016
  • ANKA54 similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • ANKATO similar
    Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Aartselaar · since 2011
  • ANKA-BE similar
    Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Liège · since 2024
  • Anka 42 similar
    Full-service restaurants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
  • ANKA 26 similar
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • ANKA MOTORS similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Quaregnon · since 2024
  • ANKAROO similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Thuin · since 2014
  • ANKALAN similar
    Manufacture of outerwear · Brugge · since 2018
  • ANKARA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of LES FRERES FK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seraing · since 2016
  • A.N.K. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2018

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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