What is “AGKGA”?
AGKGA stands for Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (German), a public limited liability company used primarily in Switzerland, Germany. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is eligible for public listing.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, a German-language term. It translates literally as “Limited partnership formed as a joint-stock company.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as ag co kgaa, ag cokgaa.
Where it's used
AGKGA 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 AGKGA in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “AGKGA” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme AGKGA” 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 AGKGA", "country": "ch"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme agkga",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"agkga"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does AGKGA stand for?
AGKGA stands for Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (German), which translates as "Limited partnership formed as a joint-stock company".
Is a AGKGA public or private?
A AGKGA is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a AGKGA?
Owners of a AGKGA have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use AGKGA?
AGKGA is used in Switzerland, Germany.
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