Belize IBC Name Restrictions
- The name of Belize IBC may be in any language, but in Latin alphabet. More and more companies are registered in Chinese, with Chinese documentation including Latin transcription.
- Name restrictions apply for the names that have been previously incorporated with existing company, or are similar to an existing name so much that it may cause confusion; for the names that may seem undesirable or offensive in Registrar's opinion; for the names suggesting the patronage of Belize Government.
- The words and abbreviations that cannot be used unless licenced are: Assurance, Bank, Building Society, Chamber of Commerce, Chartered, Cooperative, Imperial, Insurance, Loans, Reinsurance, Municipal, Royal, Savings, Trust, Trustees, University. So it is with their foreign language equivalents or any name in English or a foreign language that may suggest association with the banking or insurance industries.
- Suffixes to denote limited liability are: Limited, Corporation, Incorporation, Société Anonyme, Sociedad Anónima, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung or the relevant abbreviations – Ltd., Corp., Inc., S.A., AG.