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What is “AA”?

AA stands for Association agricole (French), a cooperative used primarily in Luxembourg. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.

Full meaning & translation

The full form is Association agricole, a French-language term. It translates literally as “Agricultural association.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as association agricole.

Where it's used

AA appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:

LU · Luxembourg

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityOwners' liability is limited to their capital contribution. Personal assets are protected.
OwnershipPrivately held. Shares are not listed or traded on a public exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to AAM in Luxembourg, CP in United States, EEG in Germany.

Equivalent forms around the world

These are the closest structural equivalents to AA in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.

CountryEquivalent suffix
LuxembourgAAM
United StatesCP
GermanyEEG
GermanyEG
GermanyEWIV
LuxembourgGIE
United KingdomIPS
FranceSC
GermanySCE
FranceSCOP
GermanyVVAG

Normalizing “AA” in your data

When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — Acme AA” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:

Request
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Acme AA", "country": "lu"}'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "canonical": "acme aa",
    "legal_type": null,
    "tokens": [
      "acme",
      "aa"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "pipeline": [
      "lowercase",
      "legal_suffix"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.99
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does AA stand for?

AA stands for Association agricole (French), which translates as "Agricultural association".

Is a AA public or private?

A AA is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.

What is the liability in a AA?

Owners of a AA have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.

Which countries use AA?

AA is used in Luxembourg.

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