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“FANY”

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FANY same name
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2026
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FANNY similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2013
  • FANNY similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Lebbeke · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
  • FAN similar
    Name of an establishment of FAN-LEBLEU · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1968
  • FAN similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1996
  • FAN similar
    Abbreviation of DEBOUCQ et TOONS · Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Chastre · since 1999
  • FAN similar
    Abbreviation of Football Acadamy Noah · Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2016
  • fan similar
    Abbreviation of for animals · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2022
  • FAN similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Lanaken · since 2005
  • FAN COMPANY similar
    Other information service activities · Schoten · since 2009
  • FANYATU similar
    Jette · since 2023
  • FANC similar
    Abbreviation of Federaal Agentschap voor Nucleaire Controle · Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 1994
  • FANK similar
    Manufacture of beer · Büllingen · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1993
  • FANA similar
    Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2023
  • FANT similar
    Abbreviation of FANT-COMPTABILITE-FISCALITE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2011
  • FANN similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Gent · since 2012
  • FANN similar
    Affligem · since 2003
  • FANU similar
    Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • ofany similar
    Name of an establishment · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Wemmel · since 2021
  • FANNY similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Neupré · since 1983

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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