What is “ApS”?
ApS stands for Anpartsselskab (Danish), a private limited liability company used primarily in Denmark. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Anpartsselskab, a Danish-language term. It translates literally as “company with limited liability shares.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as anpartsselskab.
Where it's used
ApS 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 ApS in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “ApS” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme ApS” 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 ApS", "country": "dk"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme aps",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"aps"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does ApS stand for?
ApS stands for Anpartsselskab (Danish), which translates as "company with limited liability shares".
Is a ApS public or private?
A ApS is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a ApS?
Owners of a ApS have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use ApS?
ApS is used in Denmark.
Is a ApS the same as a LLC?
Functionally comparable — both are private limited liability company forms — but they operate under different national laws with distinct formation, capital, and governance requirements.
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