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Business name suffix definition - grouped by country

Country Australia

Suffix Pty.

Literal Translation Contract? Proprietary. Publicly owned, managed, and run as a profitmaking organization. Sociedade por Quotas de Responsabiliadade Limitada. The owners have limited liability Sociedades Anonimas. S/As must have at least two shareholders and they must have paid 10% of the subscribed capital. Sociedade por Acoes. Privatelyheld company. Sociedade em Conta de Participacao. Partnership where one partner is assumed responsible for running the business and other partners carry the liability. Sociedade em Comandita Simples. Limited Partnership. Naamloze Vennootschap. Public Limited Liability Incorporated. Limited Liability Company. Anpartsselskab. Limited Liability Corporation, required minimum share capital of 27,000. Aktieselskap, Stock Company. Gives owners limited liability. Danish companies require minimum share capital of 67,000.

Brazil

Ltda

Brazil

S/A

Brazil

S.A

Brazil

SCP

Brazil

S.C.S

Belgium

NV

Canada

Inc.

Denmark

ApS

Denmark

A/S

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Country Denmark

Suffix I/S

Literal Translation Contract? Interessentskab. General partnership; all partners have limited liability. Kommanditselskab. Limited partnership: at least one partner has unlimited liability and at least one partner has limited liability. Osakeyhtio, All corporations in Finland used to have this legal structure, although now, publicly traded companies will be OYJ. Groupement dinteret economique. Intercompany syndicate. May be started with or without capital and not necessary to make a profit Socit Anonym. A company with ownership into shares. Socit Responsabilit Limite. A limited company. Socit par Action Simplif. Simplified Stock Company. Societe de Gestion de Participations. A holding company for the management of shares. This company has been devised by the French government to manage its shares into several aerospace companies. Omorrythmos. Partnership. All partners have unlimited liability. Societe Anonyme. A company with ownership into shares. Must have a share capital of 29,000. Aktiengesellschaft. Joint stock company The required share capital must be at least 51,000. An AG can only become a legal entity after being entered in the commercial register. An AG can own a number of GmbHs.

Denmark

K/S

Finland

Oy

France

GIE

France

SA

France

SARL

France France

SAS SOGEPA

Greece

OE

Greece

SA

Germany

AG

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Country Germany

Suffix GmbH

Literal Translation Contract? Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung. Company with limited liability. In Germany, a GmbH means that the company is incorporated, but is not publicly traded. Societa in Accomandita Semplice. Limited Partnership. Societa per Azioni. Limited Share Company. Besloten Vennootschap. Closed company. Limited Liability Company Capital of at least 18,000 is required to start a BV naamloze vennootschap 'anonymous company'. Limited Liability. Aksejeselskap. Private Stock Company. Gives owners limited liability. Allmennaksjeselskap. Stock Company. All publicly traded Norwegian companies are now incorporated in this legal structure, but not all ASAs are publically traded. Sociedade por Quotas Limitada. Must have at least two shareholders, and paid in capital of at least 2,000. Sociedade Anonima. Share capital minimum of 25,000, and a minimum par value of 5 EUR per share. There is a minimum of 5 shareholders. Proprietary. Privately owned, managed, and run as a profitmaking organization. Incorporated. A legal company with limited liability.

Italy

SAS

Italy

S.p.A

Netherlands

BV

Netherlands

NV

Norway

AS

Norway

ASA

Portugal

Lda

Portugal

SA

South Africa

Pty.

South Korea

Inc.

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Country South Korea

Suffix Ltd

Literal Translation Contract? Limited. Indicates that a company is incorporated and that the owners have limited liability. Sociedad Anonima. A Public Limited Company with at least 3 owners and 60,000 invested. Aktiebolag. Stock Company. A general meeting is required ABs are registered with the patents and registration office. Anonim Sirket. Limited Liability Company. Turk Limited Sirket. Private Limited Liability Company. Limited Indicates that a company is incorporated and the owners have limited liability. Public Limited Company. Traded on London Stock Exchange. More detailed accountancy requirements. Incorporated. Means a company is Incorporated, and the owners have limited liability In the United States, companies can be registered in any of the 50 states - many of the bigger corporations are registered in Delaware due to simpler regulations Limited Liability Company. In addition to limited liability, LLCs offer pass through taxation (income goes to owners before being taxed, unlike in a corporation). Limited. Indicates that a company is incorporated and that the owners have limited liability.

Spain

S.A.

Sweden

AB

Turkey

A.S.

Turkey

TLS

U.K.

Ltd.

U.K.

Plc

U.S.

Inc.

U.S.

LLC

U.S.

Ltd.

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Author This paper is supplied courtesy of FisherMADE. Its complier Martin Fisher is a business consultant formerly with The Boeing Company. He is founder and Chief Executive Officer of the International Aerospace and Defence Network (www.iadn.info). Disclaimer The views of authors are their own. The UK Defence Forum holds no corporate view on the opinions expressed in papers or at meetings. The Forum exists to enable politicians, industrialists, members of the armed forces, academics and others with an interest in defence and security issues to exchange information and views on the future needs of Britains defence. It is operated by a non-partisan, not for profit company. UK Defence Forum papers are archived at www.ukdf.org.uk - the last three years being accessible only to members and subscribers prior to that they are in the public domain subject to usual conventions.

March 2004

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