List of limited liability and private company forms

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The list of limited liability and private company forms covers the existing, former or planned forms of limited liability and private companies worldwide. Legal forms that are no longer or not yet in existence are shown in italics.

list

Country	Name of the legal form	abbreviation	Number before 2000	Number 2001–2010	Minimum capital (1996)	Minimum capital
Egypt					US $ 15,000 / E £ 50,000
Albania	Shoqeri Pergjegjesi te Kufizuar	ShPK
Andorra	Societat Limitada	SL
Argentina	Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada				0
Australia					0
Belgium	besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid	PGmbH SPRL BVBA	163,000 (1992) / 211,300 (1996)		US $ 26,000 (CHF 750,000)
Bolivia					US $ 11,000 (B 50,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću	doo
Brazil	Sociedade por Quotas de Responsabilidade Limitada , since 2003: Sociedade Limitada
Bulgaria	Дружество с ограничена отговорност	ООД or ЕООД			US $ 800 (50,000 L)
Chile					0
People's Republic of China					depending on the company's goal
Denmark	Anpartsselskaber		61,000 (1990)		35,000 US $ (200,000 Kr)
Germany	Limited liability company and entrepreneurial company (limited liability) (since 2008)	GmbH / UG	466,000 (1992) /750,000 (1996)	1,016,000 (2010, including 23,400 basement floor)	US $ 30,000 (DM 50,000)	€ 25,000 / € 1
Estonia	Osaühing	OÜ
Finland	Osakeyhtio	Oy
France	Société à responsabilité limitée	S.à.rl	321,000 (1992)		US $ 10,000 (F 50,000)
Greece	Etairia periorismenis efthynis		approx. 7,000 large, approx. 1,500,000 small and medium-sized (1990)		US $ 700 (Dr 200,000)
Indonesia					0 (in practice 10,000,000,000 Ru)
Ireland	Private Company limited by shares and Private Company limited by guarantee		93,000 (1987)		0
Iceland	Einkahlutafélag	Ehf
Italy	Società a responsabilità limitata	SRL	390,000 (1992)		US $ 14,000 (L 20 million)
Japan	Tokurei-Yûgen-gaisha - "extraordinary GmbH" (until April 31, 2006 Yûgen-gaisha )		746,000 (1989)		US $ 30,000 (Y 3M)
Canada			400,000 (1979)		0
Croatia	Društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću	doo
Kuwait					US $ 350,000 (D 100,000)
Latvia	Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību	SIA
Liechtenstein	Company with limited liability	GmbH			US $ 40,000 (Fr 50,000)
Lithuania	Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė	UAB
Luxembourg	Société a responsabilité limitée				US $ 18,000 (CHF 500,000)
Malaysia					0
Malta	Limited Liability Company	LTD
North Macedonia	Društvo so ograničena odgovornost	doo
Mexico	Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada	S. de RL			US $ 1,500 (P 5,000)
Moldova	Societate cu Raspundere Limitata	SRL
Namibia	Proprietary Limited
Netherlands	Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid	BV	310,000 (1992)	365,670 (2019 Q4)	US $ 25,000 (Fl 40,000)	0.01 US- $ (0.01 EUR)
Austria	Company with limited liability	GmbH	56,000 (1991) /91,000 (1996)		US $ 50,000 (S 500,000)
Paraguay					US $ 3 (5,000 G)
Poland	Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością	Sp.z oo			440 US $ (10 million PLN)
Portugal	Sociedade por quotas de responsabilidade limitada		180,000 (1994)		US $ 3,000 (Esc 400,000)
Romania	Societate cu răspundere limitată	SRL			US $ 60 (100,000 L)
Russia	Obschtschestwo s ogranitschennoi otwetstvennostju (Общество с ограниченной ответственностью)	OOO	230,000 (1996)		US $ 1,500 (7,500.00 Rou)
Saudi Arabia					US $ 14,000 (R 50,000)
San Marino	Società a Resposabilitata Limità	SrL
Switzerland	Company with limited liability	GmbH	3,000 (1992), 4,500 (1996)		US $ 17,000 (Fr 20,000); Maximum capital: US $ 1,700,000 (CHF 2 million)
Serbia	Društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću	doo
Slovakia	Spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným	sro or spol.s ro
Slovenia	Družba z omejeno odgovornostjo	doo
Singapore					0
Spain	Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada		50,000 (1988)		US $ 3,800 (P 500,000)
South Africa	Proprietary Limited
South Korea			3,300 (1990)		US $ 13,000 (W 10M)
Taiwan					US $ 20,000 (NT $ 500,000)
Czech Republic	Společnost s ručením omezeným	sro, or spol. sro			US $ 3,500 (K 100,000)
Turkey	Limited Şirket
Ukraine	Tovarystwo z Obmeshenoju Vidpovidal'nistju	TOV
Hungary	Korlátolt felelősségű társaság	Kft			US $ 9,000 (Ft 3,000,000)
Uruguay					US $ 1,000 (P 5,000); Maximum capital: US $ 190,000 (P 1 million)
Venezuela					US $ 120 (B 20,000); Maximum capital: US $ 12,000 (B 2 million)
United States	Limited Liability Company	LLC	3,429,000 (1986)		0
United Kingdom	Private company limited by shares / by guarantee	PLC	949,000 (1992), 1,100,000 (1996)		0
Belarus	Obschestvo s Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu	OOO
Cyprus	Etairia Periorismenis Evthinis	EPE

literature

• Holger Fleischer : Introduction . In: Münchener Comment GmbHG . 1st edition. CH Beck, Munich 2010.
• Marcus Lutter : Ch. 2 Limited Liability Companies and Private Companies . In: Alfred Conard and Detlev Vagts (eds.): International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law . Volume XIII. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1998.
• Andreas Pentz : § 13e HGB . In: Munich Commentary AktG . 3. Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2008, Rn. 14th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg} Marcus Lutter : Ch. 2 Liability Companies and Private Companies . In: Alfred Conard and Detlev Vagts (eds.): International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law . Volume XIII. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1998, p. 9 .
2. ↑ Udo Kornblum : Nationwide legal facts on company and company law (status 1.1.2010) . In: GmbHR . 2010, p. 739 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} https://business.gov.nl/starting-your-business/choosing-a-business-structure/private-limited-company-in-the-netherlands/