| Name
| Country
| Type
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| AB
| Sweden
| A "stock corporation"
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| AG
| Austria
| A "stock corporation"
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| AG
| Germany
| Aktiengesellschaft or "stock corporation", equivalent to Public Limited Company (PLC) or incorporated company
|
| AG
| Switzerland
| A "stock corporation"
|
| A/S
| Denmark
| Aktieselskab. A "stock corporation"
|
| ApS
| Denmark
| Anpartsselskab. Similar to Limited Liability Company. Taxwise, it is a separate entity. The company capital must be at least DKK 125.000
|
| a. s.
| Slovakia
| A "stock company". Akciová spoločnosť assimilable to Public Limited Company, plc. The minimum share capital is 1 million SKK (approx. 25 000 EUR). Organs: General Assembly, Board and Control Council.
|
| GIE
| France
| Groupement d'Interet Economique, a consortium formed for collaboration on a specific project
|
| GmbH
| Austria
| Translated: "company with limited liability". Similar to Limited Liability Company (LLC).
|
| GmbH
| Germany
|
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| GmbH
| Switzerland
|
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| Inc.
| U.S.A.
| A corporation
|
| Inc.
| Australia
| An incorporated association; that is, a non-profit entity.
|
| LLC
| U.S.A.
| Limited liability company, similar to a corporation and a limited liability partnership.
|
| LLP
| U.S.A.
| Limited liability partnership where each partner is fully liable for the debts of the partnership, not including acts of professional negligence or malpractice.
|
| Ltd.
| U.K. and others
| Private company with liability limited by shares (not traded publicly). Established under English law and used by countries with similar company laws. In Australia, a company with the suffix Ltd may be a company limited by guarantee (e.g. for charities, universities etc). Such companies may obtain dispensation from the federal government to operate without the suffix to distinguish their activities from those of a commercial company.
|
| NL
| Australia
| Mining company not entitled to call on the unpaid issue price of shares; no liability for shareholders, as distinct from limited liability
|
| N.V.
| Belgium and Netherlands
| Dutch terminology for a public limited liability company (translation of Société Anonyme) and eqivalent of Private limited company by shares.
|
| PLC
| U.K. and Ireland
| A public limited company, liability limited by shares which are traded publicly.
|
| Pty. / Pte.
| Various
| a prefix used to distinguish a Proprietary Limited company (Pty. Ltd.), essentially the same as a UK private limited company (Ltd.) Used in Australia, South Africa and others. A Proprietary company generally (depending on jurisdiction) is one with less then 50 members (shareholders), and not exceeding a certain annual revenue. In Australia, proprietary companies are classified as either small or large depending on the number of employees and the quantum of gross assets and operating capital.
|
| S.A.
| Spain
| Sociedad Anónima
|
| S.A.
| Portugal
| Sociedade Anónima
|
| S.A.
| France
| Société Anonyme, French public corporation.
|
| SpA
| Italy
| Societa per Azioni, Italian plc.
|
| S.P.R.L
| Belgium
| Société privée à responsabilité limitée.
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