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“Stan”

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20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Stan same name
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • STAN same name
    Real estate agency activities · Erpe-Mere · since 1991
  • STAN same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 1998
  • STAN same name
    Cafés and bars · Turnhout · since 2000
  • Sole trader same name
    Insulation installation · since 2016
  • STAN same name
    Abbreviation of TREFPUNT VERSTANDELIJKE HANDICAP · Schaarbeek · since 2018
  • Stan same name
    Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2019
  • STAN same name
    Nursing and midwifery · Oudenaarde · since 2021
  • Stan same name
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Zandhoven · since 2021
  • STAN same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
  • STAN same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2009
  • Sole trader same name
    Event catering · since 2010
  • ST'AN same name
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Soignies · since 2011
  • [ST-AN] same name
    Abbreviation of Stevig Anders · Zwevegem · since 2025
  • STAN same name
    Office administrative and support services · Binche · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Insulation installation · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2007
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • STANN similar
    Staden · since 1990
  • STANN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
  • STA-AN similar
    Abbreviation of Samen Tegen Armoede-Antwerps Netwerk · Other social work without accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • STANN similar
    Day nurseries and crèches · Oostkamp · since 2016
  • STANO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Other sports activities · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
  • Stann similar
    Event catering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1977
  • STANS similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2007
  • STANZ similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Mol · since 2024
  • STAND similar
    Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2025
  • Stans similar
    Other financial services · Mol · since 2025
  • Standa similar
    Menen · since 1970
  • S.T.A. similar
    Freight transport by road · Nandrin · since 1993
  • STANRO similar
    Zedelgem · since 1996
  • STANNE similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Thuin · since 2014
  • STA similar
    Abbreviation of SMART TICKETING ALLIANCE · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
  • STA similar
    Abbreviation of SAMEN TEGEN ARMOEDE · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2016
  • STA similar
    Abbreviation of Swimming Team Aalter · Sports and recreation education · Aalter · since 2016
  • STA similar
    Abbreviation of Sonia Tarpy Architecture · Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2020
  • STA similar
    Activities of lawyers · Edegem · since 2020
  • Stanoh similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Westerlo · since 2021
  • SISTAN similar
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Waterloo · since 2021
  • STANCO similar
    Machining of metals · Beringen · since 2022
  • STANNA similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
  • STA! similar
    Abbreviation of Safety & Technical Assistance · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kalmthout · since 2010
  • STANJO similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2011
  • STANOT similar
    Activities of notaries · Stabroek · since 2007
  • STANCE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2007
  • S.T.A. similar
    Joinery installation · Dessel · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2008
  • STANCO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Jette · since 1989
  • STANGE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2006

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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