What is “AIE”?
AIE stands for Agrupacion de Interes Economico (Spanish), a cooperative used primarily in Spain. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Agrupacion de Interes Economico, a Spanish-language term. It translates literally as “Economic Interest Grouping.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as agrupacion de interes economico.
Where it's used
AIE 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 AIE in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “AIE” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme AIE” 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 AIE", "country": "es"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme aie",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"aie"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does AIE stand for?
AIE stands for Agrupacion de Interes Economico (Spanish), which translates as "Economic Interest Grouping".
Is a AIE public or private?
A AIE is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a AIE?
Owners of a AIE have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use AIE?
AIE is used in Spain.
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