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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“BUTERA”

An active company already has this name

The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.

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 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).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

Same or very similar names

42 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BUTERFLY similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 1995
  • buteo similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
  • Butex similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 2015
  • Buteo² similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2016
  • Buteo (sole trader) similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
  • Buteo (sole trader) similar
    Other information technology and computer services · since 2006
  • BUT.es similar
    Activities of building architects · Charleroi · since 2025
  • BUTECO similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU TECHNIQUE ET COMMERCIAL · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 1979
  • BUTTER (sole trader) similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2021
  • BUTTER similar
    Name of an establishment of AMH INDOOR · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2025
  • Buteco similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Bureau Technique et Commercial · Liège · since 1960

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