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“Butex”

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Same or very similar names

26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Butex same name
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 2015
  • buteo very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
  • Buteo² very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other information technology and computer services · since 2006
  • BUT.es very similar
    Activities of building architects · Charleroi · since 2025
  • Brutex very similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Vosselaar · since 1947
  • BRUTEX very similar
    Kasterlee · since 1990
  • BRUTEX very similar
    Brussel · since 1995
  • Budex very similar
    Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Halle · since 1968
  • Outex very similar
    Vorst · since 1922
  • BUREX very similar
    Abbreviation of EXPERTISE- EN STUDIEBUREAU BUREX · Risk and damage evaluation · Tielt · since 1968
  • AUTEX very similar
    Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Geel · since 1973
  • LUTEX very similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Hasselt · since 1983
  • BOTEX very similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beveren · since 1985
  • MUTEX very similar
    Brussel · since 1988
  • EUTEX very similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TEXTILES · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Heuvelland · since 1989
  • BOTEX very similar
    Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Maldegem · since 1997
  • BUREX very similar
    Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Waregem · since 1999
  • BETEX very similar
    Growing of pome and stone fruits · Roosdaal · since 2003
  • LUTEX very similar
    Site preparation · Herstal · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
  • Autex very similar
    Gent · since 2009
  • BOTEX very similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • BUVEX very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 1973
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BUTECO similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU TECHNIQUE ET COMMERCIAL · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 1979
  • BUTERA similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Engis · since 1990
  • BUT similar
    Advertising agencies · Schelle · since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1984
  • B.U.T. similar
    Abbreviation of BEL UNIVERSAL TRADING · Plumbing work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
  • Buvetex similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1961
  • BUTELEC similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1987
  • BURETEX similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES ET D'EXPERTISE · Risk and damage evaluation · Nivelles · since 1989
  • BURETEX similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Zonhoven · since 1989
  • SOBUTEX similar
    Abbreviation of Solutions for Business and Technology Exchange · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1980
  • Buteo Buteo similar
    Activities of holding companies · Hélécine · since 2016
  • UTEX similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vilvoorde · since 1988
  • Buteco similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Bureau Technique et Commercial · Liège · since 1960

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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