What is “ANS”?
ANS stands for Ansvarlig selskap (Norwegian), a general partnership used primarily in Norway. The suffix signals that the business has unlimited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Ansvarlig selskap, a Norwegian-language term. It translates literally as “Partnership with unlimited liability.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as ansvarlig selskap.
Where it's used
ANS 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 ANS in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “ANS” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme ANS” 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 ANS", "country": "no"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme ans",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"ans"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does ANS stand for?
ANS stands for Ansvarlig selskap (Norwegian), which translates as "Partnership with unlimited liability".
Is a ANS public or private?
A ANS is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a ANS?
Members of a ANS have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.
Which countries use ANS?
ANS is used in Norway.
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