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Legal forms by country

Use this reference to choose the legalForm value when you
create an organization. The same field is
documented on the organization data model. Choose a
value for the organization's country and preserve its exact spelling,
capitalization, spaces, and punctuation.

This reference snapshot is not an exhaustive list of countries or legal forms
available for your payment program. If a country or legal form is missing,
contact Pliant to confirm the current value.

How to use the values

Each value below is shown as a JSON string literal. Decode JSON escapes before
sending a value: \u0020 represents a space and \u00a0 represents a non-breaking
space. Do not trim whitespace or include the surrounding quotation marks as part
of the value. When building a JSON request, use your JSON serializer to encode the
value normally.

For example, an organization in Germany can use GmbH where that is its legal form:

{
  "country": "DE",
  "legalForm": "GmbH"
}

This example shows only the relevant fields, not a complete Create Organization request.

United Arab Emirates (AE)

  • "Civil Company"
  • "Foreign company branch"
  • "Freezone Company"
  • "Limited Liability Company"
  • "Partnership (General or Limited)"
  • "Private Joint Stock Company"
  • "Public Joint Stock Company"
  • "Simple Commandite Company"
  • "Sole Proprietorship"

Austria (AT)

  • "AG"
  • "AöR"
  • "Einzelunternehmen"
  • "Freie Berufe"
  • "GbR"
  • "Gen"
  • "GesbR"
  • "Gewerbebetrieb"
  • "GmbH"
  • "KG"
  • "KGaA"
  • "Ltd"
  • "Ltd & Co. KGaA"
  • "OG"
  • "P"
  • "PartG"
  • "PartG mbB"
  • "S"
  • "SA"
  • "SE"
  • "SE & Co. KGaA"
  • "Sarl"
  • "UG (haftungsbeschränkt)"
  • "VER"
  • "Zweigniederl. ausländ.Gesellsch."
  • "Öffentliches Unternehmen"
  • "ÖrK"
  • "ÖrS"

Belgium (BE)

  • "AG"
  • "AGmsZ"
  • "ASBL/VZW/VoG"
  • "BV"
  • "BVBA"
  • "BVBA SO"
  • "CV"
  • "CV PR"
  • "CVA SO"
  • "CVBA\u0020"
  • "CVBA PR"
  • "CVBA SO"
  • "CVOA"
  • "CVOA CD"
  • "CVOA SO"
  • "Comm.V"
  • "Comm.VA"
  • "CommV"
  • "EI / EZ"
  • "EKG"
  • "EKGmsZ"
  • "GCW SO"
  • "GaR"
  • "GbHsZ"
  • "Gen"
  • "Gen.mbH"
  • "Gen.mubH"
  • "GmbH"
  • "GmuHGB"
  • "GuHsZ"
  • "KGaA"
  • "KGaAmsZ"
  • "KommG"
  • "MS"
  • "NV"
  • "NV SO"
  • "OHG"
  • "OHGmsZ"
  • "PGmbH"
  • "PmbHsZ"
  • "SA"
  • "SA FS"
  • "SC"
  • "SC DPU"
  • "SCA"
  • "SCA FS"
  • "SCRI"
  • "SCRI CP"
  • "SCRI FS"
  • "SCRL"
  • "SCRL DPU"
  • "SCRL FS"
  • "SCS"
  • "SCS FS"
  • "SComm"
  • "SDC"
  • "SNC"
  • "SNC FS"
  • "SPRL"
  • "SPRL FS"
  • "SRL"
  • "V.O.F.\u0020"
  • "VOF SO"
  • "ÖfrGmbH"
  • "ÖrGen"

Czechia (CZ)

  • "OSVČ"

Germany (DE)

  • "AG"
  • "AG & Co. KG"
  • "AöR"
  • "B.V. & Co. KG"
  • "BeG"
  • "Einzelunternehmen"
  • "GbR"
  • "Gebietskörperschaft"
  • "GmbH"
  • "GmbH & Co. KG"
  • "GmbH & Co. OHG"
  • "KG"
  • "KGaA"
  • "KöR"
  • "LTD & Co. KG"
  • "LTD & Co. OHG"
  • "OHG"
  • "PartG"
  • "PartG mbB"
  • "S.R.L. & Co. KG"
  • "S.à.r.l. & Co. KG"
  • "SE"
  • "SE & Co. KG"
  • "SE & Co. KGaA"
  • "Sarl"
  • "SpR"
  • "Sparkasse"
  • "Stiftung + Co. KG"
  • "SöR"
  • "UG & Co. KG"
  • "UG (haftungsbeschränkt)"
  • "e.V."
  • "eG"
  • "eGmbH"
  • "gAG"
  • "gGmbH"
  • "plc & Co. KG"

Spain (ES)

  • "Empresario individual"
  • "S COOP"
  • "S. COM. P.A."
  • "S. EN C. o S. COM."
  • "SA"
  • "SA LABORAL"
  • "SAL"
  • "SAU"
  • "SC"
  • "SL"
  • "SL LABORAL"
  • "SLL"
  • "SLU"
  • "SP"
  • "SRC"
  • "SRL"
  • "SRLU"

Finland (FI)

  • "Ab"
  • "Abp"
  • "Kb"
  • "Ky"
  • "Oy"
  • "Oyj"
  • "ry"

France (FR)

  • "CSE"
  • "CUMA"
  • "SA (à conseil d'administration)"
  • "SA (à directoire)"
  • "SAFER"
  • "SARL"
  • "SARL (coopérative artisanale)"
  • "SARL (coopérative d'intérêt maritime)"
  • "SARL (coopérative de construction)"
  • "SARL (coopérative de transport)"
  • "SARL (exercice libéral)"
  • "SARL (immobilière de gestion)"
  • "SAS"
  • "SAS (exercice libéral)"
  • "SCA (coopérative agricole)"
  • "SCA (en commandite par actions)"
  • "SCA (exercice libéral)"
  • "SCA coopérative"
  • "SCM"
  • "SCOP"
  • "SCP d'architectes"
  • "SCP d'avocats"
  • "SCP d'avocats aux conseils"
  • "SCP d'infirmiers"
  • "SCP de commissaires aux comptes"
  • "SCP de conseils juridiques"
  • "SCP de dentistes"
  • "SCP de directeurs de laboratoire d'analyse médicale"
  • "SCP de médecins"
  • "SCP de notaires"
  • "SCP de vétérinaires"
  • "SCS"
  • "SCS coopérative"
  • "SEL"
  • "SELAFA"
  • "SEP (personnes physiques)"
  • "SEP (professions libérales)"
  • "SICA"
  • "SICOMI"
  • "SLP"
  • "SMIA"
  • "SNC"
  • "SNC coopérative"
  • "SPFPL SA (à conseil d'administration)"
  • "SPFPL SA (à directoire)"
  • "SPFPL SARL"
  • "SPFPL SAS"
  • "SPFPL SCA"

United Kingdom (GB)

  • "CIO"
  • "CLG"
  • "GP"
  • "LLP"
  • "LP"
  • "SLP"

Greece (GR)

  • "At.E."

Ireland (IE)

  • "CLG"
  • "GP"
  • "LLP"
  • "LP"
  • "LTD"
  • "PLC"
  • "SMC"

Isle of Man (IM)

  • "LTD"
  • "PLC"

Italy (IT)

  • "COOP"
  • "Impresa individuale"
  • "SAA"
  • "SAS"
  • "SNC"
  • "SPA"
  • "SRL"

Jersey (JE)

  • "LTD"
  • "PLC"

Japan (JP)

  • "Ltd."

Luxembourg (LU)

  • "EI"
  • "SARL\u00a0"
  • "SA\u00a0"
  • "SECA"
  • "SECS"
  • "SNC"

Monaco (MC)

  • "SAM"
  • "SARL"

Malta (MT)

  • "Limited"

Netherlands (NL)

  • "BV"
  • "CV"
  • "Eenmanszaken"
  • "NV"
  • "VOF"
  • "ZBO"

Portugal (PT)

  • "Coman"
  • "Coop"
  • "EPE"
  • "Lda"
  • "SA\u00a0"
  • "SNC"
  • "SOCI"
  • "SUni"

Singapore (SG)

  • "CLG"
  • "GP"
  • "LLP"
  • "LP"
  • "Ltd"
  • "Pte Ltd"
  • "Sole traders"

Türkiye (TR)

  • "A.Ş."
  • "Ltd. Şti."

United States (US)

  • "For Profit Corp"
  • "GP"
  • "LLC"
  • "LLP"
  • "LP"
  • "Not for Profit Corp"
  • "SP"

Uruguay (UY)

  • "S.A."

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