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Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.

“VANAX”

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  • 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 and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official 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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Same or very similar names

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VANAX same name
    Other business support services · Zulte · since 1991
  • VANAS very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1946
  • VANAL very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Brecht · since 1985
  • VAN AN very similar
    Braine-le-Château · since 2016
  • VANAD very similar
    Physiotherapy · Genk · since 2023
  • VANAC very similar
    Joinery installation · Oostkamp · since 2005
  • VANTAX very similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1994
  • VanMax very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2026
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
  • VANABO similar
    Tielt · since 1983
  • VANAMA similar
    Waterloo · since 1988
  • VANALI similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1988
  • Vanagt similar
    Name of an establishment of VIRTUALISERS of VANAGT CONSULTING · Computer programming · Brussel · since 2002
  • VANAIR similar
    Full-service restaurants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2002
  • Van-Ant similar
    Name of an establishment of SI-Spine · Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2013
  • Vanalu similar
    Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015
  • Vaname similar
    Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2015
  • VANAPA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2016
  • Vanari similar
    Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2019
  • VAN ASK similar
    Other business support services · Balen · since 2022
  • VANACI similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2022
  • VANACK similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2011
  • Vanadi similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 2024
  • VANARY similar
    Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 2025
  • VANACA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2025
  • VAN similar
    Gent · since 1989
  • VAN similar
    Elsene · since 1998
  • VAN similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2003
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
  • VAX similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brugge · since 2011
  • VANALKO similar
    Groothandel in machines en apparaten voor de warmte-, koel- en vriestechniek voor industrieel gebruik · Brecht · since 1992
  • VAN AKEN similar
    Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Merchtem · since 1992
  • VANACAI similar
    Name of an establishment of VENACAI · Real estate agency activities · La Hulpe · since 1993
  • VANAKEN similar
    General electrical installation work · Bree · since 2001
  • Vanagro similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Zoutleeuw · since 2013
  • VANANNE similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2015
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
  • VANADAE similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2017
  • VAN AERT similar
    Hoogstraten · since 2007
  • Vanacon similar
    Activities of holding companies · Hooglede · since 2020
  • VANADIS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
  • VANAGRI similar
    Support activities for crop production · Lobbes · since 2021
  • Literary creation · since 2022
  • VANATEX similar
    Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Lendelede · since 2009
  • Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
  • VANAVIK similar
    Lasne · since 2004
  • VAN A & J similar
    Abbreviation of VAN A & J GROUP · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Elsene · since 2004
  • VANAKAM similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2006
  • VAN AKEN similar
    Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bree · since 2007
  • VANACOR similar
    Activities of head offices · Zoersel · since 2008
  • Vanagco similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Diksmuide · since 2024
  • Vanaken similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Maaseik · since 2025
  • Van Aden similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Willebroek · since 2025
  • VANA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of footwear · Binche · since 1986

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