What is “CV”?
CV stands for commanditaire vennootschap (Dutch), a limited partnership used primarily in Mexico, Netherlands. The suffix signals that the business has mixed liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is commanditaire vennootschap, a Dutch-language term. It translates literally as “limited partnership with variable capital.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as commanditaire vennootschap, de capital variable, de cv.
Where it's used
CV appears in company names registered in the following 2 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to CV in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “CV” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme CV” 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 CV", "country": "mx"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme cv",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"cv"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does CV stand for?
CV stands for commanditaire vennootschap (Dutch), which translates as "limited partnership with variable capital".
Is a CV public or private?
A CV is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a CV?
Liability in a CV is mixed. General partners bear unlimited liability while limited partners are protected up to their capital contribution.
Which countries use CV?
CV is used in Mexico, Netherlands.
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