What is “1MANSZAAK”?
1MANSZAAK (one-man business) is a sole proprietorship used primarily in Netherlands. It signals unlimited liability and private ownership.
Where it's used
1MANSZAAK appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to 1MANSZAAK in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “1MANSZAAK” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme 1MANSZAAK” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Acme 1MANSZAAK", "country": "nl"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme 1manszaak",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"1manszaak"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does 1MANSZAAK mean?
1MANSZAAK means "one-man business".
Is a 1MANSZAAK public or private?
A 1MANSZAAK is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a 1MANSZAAK?
Members of a 1MANSZAAK have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.
Which countries use 1MANSZAAK?
1MANSZAAK is used in Netherlands.
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