BG or bg may refer to:

Organizations

Businesses

* Bergdorf Goodman, a department store on 5th Avenue, New York, US *

Bord Gáis Energy Bord Gáis Energy is a utility that supplies gas and electricity and boiler services to customers in the Republic of Ireland. Bord Gáis Energy has been in operation in some form since 1976 and supplies over 750,000 customers with energy in Irel ...

, an Irish gas supplier *

Bowman Gilfillan Bowmans, previously Bowman Gilfillan, is a law firm based in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, with offices in Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Kampala, Lilongwe, Lusaka, Moka District, Moka and Nairobi. It is one of the "Big Five law firms ...

, a South African law firm *

British Gas (disambiguation) British Gas may refer to: * British Gas plc (1987–1997), the former monopoly gas supplier in the United Kingdom ** Centrica, a multinational utility company founded in 1997, which currently uses the ''British Gas'' brand name in the UK ** BG Grou ...

(privatised and later split between BG plc and Centrica) ** BG Group, one part of the demerged British Gas plc

Education

Bishop Grosseteste University Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) is one of two public universities in the city of Lincoln, England (the other being the University of Lincoln). BGU was established as a teacher training college for the Diocese of Lincoln in 1862. It gained t ...

, a higher education institution in Lincoln, UK * Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua, New Hampshire, US * Bowling Green State University, Ohio, US *

Bones Gate Dartmouth College is host to many Greek organizations, and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life. In 2005, the school stated that 1,785 students were members of a fraternity, sorority, or coeducatio ...

, a fraternity at Dartmouth College, US

Music

Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in the disco music era in ...

(BGs), an English-Australian music group. * B.G. (rapper) ("Baby Gangsta" or "B. Gizzle"), stage name of American rapper Christopher N. Dorsey. *

B.G. Knocc Out Al Hasan Naqiyy (formerly Arlandis Hinton; born January 23, 1975), known professionally as B.G. Knocc Out is an American West Coast rapper and songwriter. He is best known for his collaboration on Eazy-E's 1993 single "''Real Muthaphuckkin G's'' ...

, American rapper. *

B.G., the Prince of Rap Bernard Greene (September 28, 1965 – January 21, 2023), also known as B.G. the Prince of Rap, was an American rapper and Eurodance artist. He experienced modest success in Germany, where he lived after being posted by the U.S. Army. Early lif ...

, Bernard Greene, American rapper and dance music artist. *

Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...

, American jazz musician. * Blind Guardian, a German power metal band. * Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer and poet, leader of the band Aquarium. * BarlowGirl, an American all-female Christian rock band.

Places

Europe

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, the capital of Serbia *

Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ...

(vehicle registration plate code), Italy * Birmingham (vehicle registration plate code), England *

Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw ...

, a county borough in Wales * Bosnia and Herzegovina (WMO country code) * Bulgaria (ISO country code) *

Bundesgrenzschutz Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS; en, Federal Border Guard) is the former name of the German ''Bundespolizei'' (Federal Police). Established on 16 March 1951 as a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the BGS originally was primari ...

(vehicle registration plate code), Germany

United States

* Bowling Green, Kentucky * Bowling Green, Ohio * Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Elsewhere

* Bangladesh (obsolete NATO country code) *

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

, former name of Guyana

Police and military

Border guard A border guard of a country is a national security agency that performs border security. Some of the national border guard agencies also perform coast guard (as in Federal Police (Germany), Germany, Guardia di Finanza, Italy or State Border Gua ...

, police that operate at sovereign borders * Brigadier general, a military rank (more often written "BGen") *

Great Lakes BG The Great Lakes BG was an American carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. Designed and built by the Great Lakes Aircraft Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 61 were used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps from 1934 to 1940. Dev ...

, a US Navy dive-bomber aircraft

Science and technology

* bg (Unix), a Unix command for background processes *

.bg .bg is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for Bulgaria. It is currently operated by Register.BG. .bg domains can be registered by European Union citizens, companies or foreign companies that have ...

, the ccTLD for Bulgaria * Basal ganglia, a group of nuclei in the brain * Blood glucose or blood sugar level * Bus grant, a control bus signal

Transportation

* Brake Gangwayed, a type of railway coach *

Broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

, in railways * Biman Bangladesh Airlines (IATA airline code BG) * Bingham and Garfield Railway, in Utah, US

Other uses

* Bulgarian language (ISO 639 alpha-2 language code: bg) *

Bangkok Glass F.C. BG Pathum United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบีจี ปทุม ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Pathum Thani province and is managed by BG Sports Company Limited which is a ...

, a football team * Board game