What is “CPA”?
CPA (Company by shares) is a public limited liability company used primarily in Dominican Republic. It signals limited liability and potential public listing.
Where it's used
CPA 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 CPA in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “CPA” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme CPA” 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 CPA", "country": "do"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme cpa",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"cpa"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does CPA mean?
CPA means "Company by shares".
Is a CPA public or private?
A CPA is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a CPA?
Owners of a CPA have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use CPA?
CPA is used in Dominican Republic.
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