Name check
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.
“Butters”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of AMH INDOOR · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Plombières · since 1998
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Kruisem · since 2020
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Zandhoven · since 1976
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Gooik · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of HANNO FRUIT · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Sint-Truiden · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BUTT · Full-service restaurants · Merchtem · since 1996
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Dilbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2023
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Gent · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of TRENDY TEX · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Waterloo · since 2007
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beauvechain · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1986
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BUTTERFLY GLOBAL · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Havelange · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Flémalle · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MEDIACTIV INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING · Business and other management consultancy · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Zwemclub Wauterbos Butterfly · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1992