What is “AE”?
AE (anonymous company) is a public limited liability company used primarily in France, Greece. It signals limited liability and potential public listing.
Where it's used
AE appears in company names registered in the following 2 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to AE in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “AE” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme AE” 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 AE", "country": "fr"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme ae",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"ae"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does AE mean?
AE means "anonymous company".
Is a AE public or private?
A AE is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a AE?
Owners of a AE have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use AE?
AE is used in France, Greece.
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