What is “COAG”?
COAG (company with limited liability, stock corporation) is a public limited liability company used primarily in Austria, Switzerland, Germany. It signals limited liability and potential public listing.
Where it's used
COAG appears in company names registered in the following 3 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to COAG in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “COAG” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme COAG” 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 COAG", "country": "at"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme coag",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"coag"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does COAG mean?
COAG means "company with limited liability, stock corporation".
Is a COAG public or private?
A COAG is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a COAG?
Owners of a COAG have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use COAG?
COAG is used in Austria, Switzerland, Germany.
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