Private limited company

This article is part of a series on
Corporate law
By jurisdiction Anguilla Australia BVI Canada Cayman Islands India South Africa United States Vietnam European Union France Germany United Kingdom
General corporate forms Company Conglomerate Cooperative Corporation Holding company Joint-stock Partnership General Limited Limited liability Private limited Sole proprietorship
Corporate forms by jurisdiction European Union Societas (SE) Societas cooperativa (SCE) Societas privata (SPE) Societas unius personae (SUP) Economic interest grouping (EEIG) UK / Ireland / Commonwealth Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) Community interest company (CIC) Industrial and provident society (IPS) Limited company (Ltd.) by guarantee by shares proprietary public Unlimited company United States Benefit corporation C corporation Limited liability company (LLC) Low-profit LLC Series LLC Limited liability limited partnership (LLLP) S corporation Delaware corporation / statutory trust Massachusetts business trust Nevada corporation Others Aktiebolag (AB) Aktiengesellschaft (AG) Ansvarlig selskap (ANS) Aktieselskab (A/S) Aksjeselskap (AS) Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Kabushiki gaisha (K.K.) Naamloze vennootschap (N.V.) Osakeyhtiö (Oy) S.A. Société à responsabilité limitée (SARL) more...
Doctrines Business judgment rule Corporate governance De facto and estoppel corporations Internal affairs doctrine Limited liability Piercing the corporate veil Rochdale Principles Ultra vires
Related areas Civil procedure Contract Corporate registers
Company portal Law portal

A private limited company is a hybrid type of business entity used in many jurisdictions, with some differences from country to country. Examples include LLC in the US, private company limited by shares in the UK, GmbH in Germany or společnost s ručením omezeným in the Czech Republic.

Country	Business form	Abbreviation(s)
United States	limited liability company	LLC
	privately held company
United Kingdom	private company limited by shares	Pvt. Ltd.
India
Hong Kong
Ireland
Nepal
Netherlands	besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid	bv
Belgium		bvba
	Société Privée à Responsabilité Limitée	SPRL
France	société à responsabilité limitée	SARL
Luxembourg
Switzerland
	società a garanzia limitata
	Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung	GmbH
Liechtenstein
Austria
Germany
	Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)	UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Greece	Εταιρεία Περιορισμένης Ευθύνης	Ε.Π.Ε.
	Ιδιωτική Κεφαλαιουχική Εταιρεία	Ι.Κ.Ε.
Czech Republic	Společnost s ručením omezeným	s.r.o., spol. s r.o.
Slovakia	Spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným
Hungary	korlátolt felelősségű társaság	kft.
Poland	spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością	sp. z o.o.
Croatia	Društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću	d.o.o. (д.о.о.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia			Друштво са ограниченом одговорношћу
Macedonia	Društvo so ograničena odgovornost
Slovenia	Družba z omejeno odgovornostjo
Spain	sociedad de responsabilidad limitada	SRL
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
	compañía limitada	Ltda.
Italy	società a responsabilità limitata	SRL
Portugal	sociedade de responsabilidade limitada	Lda.
Brazil	sociedade limitada	Ltda., Lda.
Russia	общество с ограниченной ответственностью	ООО
Denmark	anpartsselskab	ApS
Sweden	privat aktiebolag	AB
Finland	(Yksityinen) osakeyhtiö	OY
Australia	proprietary limited company	Pty Ltd
Malaysia	Syarikat Sendirian Berhad	Sdn Bhd
Singapore	(exempt) private company limited by shares	Pte Ltd
Estonia	Osaühing	OÜ
Latvia	Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību	SIA
Lithuania	Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė	UAB
Uzbekistan	Masuliyati Cheklangan Jamiyat	MCHJ
Romania	Societate cu Răspundere Limitată	SRL
Bulgaria	Дружество с ограничена отговорност	ООД
Ukraine	Товариство (з обмеженою відповідальністю)	ТОВ (Cyrillic)
Albania	Shoqëria Me Përgjegjësi Të Kufizuar	sh.p.k.
Kosovo