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“RANAX”

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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • RANAX same name
    Other business support services · Blankenberge · since 2001
  • Ranal very similar
    Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2005
  • RANAA very similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Waregem · since 2025
  • BRANAX very similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Ardooie · since 2022
  • TANAX very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
  • VANAX very similar
    Other business support services · Zulte · since 1991
  • JANAX very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Ninove · since 2021
  • RANAS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other specialised construction activities · Dilbeek · since 2022
  • Manax very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oostende · since 2002
  • RANYX very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Silly · since 2013
  • RAMAX very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • RANA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1998
  • RANA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bocholt · since 2013
  • RANA similar
    Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Gistel · since 2016
  • RANA similar
    Name of an establishment of HARRY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Geel · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2010
  • R.A.N.A. similar
    Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
  • RANA-SM similar
    Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Seraing · since 1998
  • RANALE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2017
  • RANADA similar
    Joinery installation · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2020
  • RANAPA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
  • RAN similar
    Name of an establishment of Two birds and a dash · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brugge · since 2016
  • RAX similar
    Plumbing work · Hulshout · since 2021
  • RANAPRO similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Oupeye · since 2016
  • RANOMAX similar
    Activities of holding companies · Wommelgem · since 2007
  • RANA 368 similar
    Wervik · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
  • RANAET similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other education · Stabroek · since 2019
  • Rana PK similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of F.A. INTERNATIONAL · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Antwerpen · since 2023

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.
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