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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.

“PONCH”

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.

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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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PONCH same name
    Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2019
  • POONCH very similar
    Other retail sale of food · Stabroek · since 2002
  • PONCHO very similar
    Name of an establishment of AB PONCHO · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2004
  • PONCO BV very similar
    Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren · Venray · since 2021
  • PONCE very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Esneux · since 2023
  • P.O.S-C.H very similar
    Abbreviation of P.O. SACRE-COEUR HUY · Huy · since 1965
  • PUNCH very similar
    Name of an establishment of PUNCH INTERNATIONAL · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
  • PUNCH very similar
    Advertising agencies · Yvoir · since 1993
  • PUNCH very similar
    Advertising agencies · Kraainem · since 1997
  • PINCH very similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Elsene · since 2013
  • Punch very similar
    Other sports activities · Eghezée · since 2019
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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