Axis holds about 4 MA-L blocks registered as "Axis Communications AB" at Emdalavägen 14 in Lund, Sweden (the newer E8:27:25 block lists Gränden 1). Axis pioneered the network camera in 1996, and these OUIs appear on IP/network cameras, video encoders, access control, and network audio. It has been a subsidiary of Canon since 2015 (cross-reference the Canon entry) but retains its own OUIs, so Canon-group network cameras typically show up under Axis prefixes rather than Canon's. A key contrast for compliance-sensitive environments: Axis is a Swedish company and is NOT subject to the US covered-list restrictions affecting Hikvision and Dahua. For triage, an Axis OUI identifies an enterprise-grade network camera or encoder, and unlike Hikvision/Dahua it carries no US covered-list restriction — so it is typically a sanctioned-vendor signal in regulated environments.
- IEEE assignment
- ~4 prefixes → Axis Communications AB, registered Lund, Sweden [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L
- Registry / block size
- MA-L; ~4 blocks (~67.1M addresses); last updated 2023-12-08 (maclookup.app API 'updated' field) [Confirmed] — maclookup.app (IEEE-derived). NOTE: IEEE's public OUI data publishes NO assignment/registration date (oui.csv columns are only Registry, Assignment, Organization Name, Organization Address); any "first registered" date from third-party tools is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact.
- HQ / country
- Emdalavägen 14, Lund 223 69, Sweden (newer E8:27:25 block: Gränden 1) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L
- Company status
- active; subsidiary of Canon since 2015 [Confirmed] — axis.com
- Device types
- IP/network cameras, video encoders, access control, network audio [Confirmed] — maclookup.app
- Notable products
- Axis network cameras (Axis pioneered the network camera in 1996)
- Verified prefix sample
- AC:CC:8E, B8:A4:4F, E8:27:25 [Confirmed] — maclookup.app
- Special note
- Acquired by Canon in 2015 (cross-reference Canon) but retains its own OUIs; a Swedish company NOT subject to the US covered-list restrictions affecting Hikvision/Dahua. [Confirmed] — maclookup.app
- Related vendors
- parent Canon Inc.
- Analyst note
- An Axis OUI identifies an enterprise-grade network camera/encoder; unlike Hikvision/Dahua it carries no US covered-list restriction, so it is typically a sanctioned-vendor signal in regulated environments.