What is “AF”?
AF stands for Asociatie familiala (Romanian), a general partnership used primarily in Romania. The suffix signals that the business has unlimited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Asociatie familiala, a Romanian-language term. It translates literally as “Family association.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as asociatie familiala.
Where it's used
AF 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 AF in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “AF” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme AF” 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 AF", "country": "ro"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme af",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"af"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does AF stand for?
AF stands for Asociatie familiala (Romanian), which translates as "Family association".
Is a AF public or private?
A AF is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a AF?
Members of a AF have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.
Which countries use AF?
AF is used in Romania.
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