The name (firm name) is the name of a merchant as registered in the commercial register, which is used in the course of business activities when entering into transactions and signing documents.

Requirements for a name:

• it must include an indication of the type of merchant - “akciju sabiedrība” (joint stock company) or its abbreviation “AS”; this indication must be placed at the beginning or at the end of the name (firm name);
• it must be composed using letters of the Latvian or Latin alphabet;
• it may include numbers;
• it may include punctuation marks (such as full stops, commas, colons, quotation marks, etc.);
• only the following symbols are permitted - &, @, %, +, =, the use of any other symbols is not permitted;
• it must not include the names of state or municipal authorities (institutions), nor the words “valsts” or “pašvaldība”;
• it must not include the words “Latvijas Republika” or their translations into foreign languages;
• it must not contain misleading information regarding the form of business, such as the designations “SIA”, “IK”, etc.;
• the use of a name (firm name) containing vulgar words or ambiguous designations (contrary to good morals) is not permitted;
• where the name includes a designation of an administrative territory or populated place, it must not be identical to the official name of such territory or place; additional words, letters, or numbers must be included in the name;
• it must not be identical to an already registered trademark or any part thereof. Check the registered trademarks in the Patent Office trademark search tool;
• it must not be identical to the name of an entity already registered or applied for registration in the Register of Enterprises. Check the name in the search tool for registered entities (companies, merchants and organisations). Differences consisting solely of punctuation, spaces, or the use of uppercase and lowercase letters are not considered sufficient to distinguish a name from another name.

Review before submitting! The same name must be used consistently in all documents submitted.