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Choosing the Company Name:

There are restrictions on what types of words you can use in a company name. See "restrictions" below.

No company can be incorporated which has a name which is identical to another company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands or so closely resembles the name that it could be deceptive or mixed up.

Possible endings:

The name of the company must include one of the following words or its abbreviation:

Word	Abbreviated form
Limited	Ltd.
Corporation	Corp.
Incorporated	Inc.
Societe Anonyme or Sociedad Anónima	S.A.

Possible words to use in the name:

If you wanted to use the name Blue Mountains, Inc., it's quite possible that the name is not available because there is already a company with that name registered in the British Virgin Islands. In order to avoid your name being rejected because it is identical to another name, you might consider using a name such as Blue Mountain Holdings, Inc. or Blue Mountain Investments, Inc.

We've listed here some of the more common words which are used to create names. We've also listed other words and their combinations which you might use to for your company.

Commonly used words:

	Holdings
	Investments
	International
	Overseas
	Trading

Other possible alternatives:

	Administration
	Advisers
	Agency
	Amalgamated
	and Co. (& Co.)
	Associates
	Business Services
	Consulting
	Continental Group
	Development
	Development Group
	Enterprises
	et Cie.
	Holdings Group
	Industrial Holdings
	International Holdings
	International Investments
	Investment Group
	Management
	Marketing
	Online
	Overseas Holdings
	Partners
	Properties
	Resources
	Services
	Services Group
	Shipping
	Software
	Specialists
	Technology
	Ventures

Restrictions:

It is not possible to use a word (or words) in the name that are calculated to suggest:

the patronage of Her Majesty or that of a member of the Royal Family;
a connection with Her Majesty's Government; or
a connection with a municipality or other local authority or with a society or body incorporated by Royal Charter.

Examples: Chamber of Commerce, Chartered, Imperial, Municipal, Royal, etc.

For a full list of the restricted words, click here.

Nor is it possible to use any words which convey that the business of the company is of a licensed nature, such as Insurance or Banking business. Examples: Assurance, Bank, Building Society, Cooperative, Insurance, Trust Company, or Trustee Company.

Prepared by Beth Anne Gray J.

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