What is “EPSV”?
EPSV stands for Entidades de Previsión Social Voluntaria (Spanish), a nonprofit organization used primarily in Spain. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Entidades de Previsión Social Voluntaria, a Spanish-language term. It translates literally as “Voluntary social security entities.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as entidad de prevision social voluntaria.
Where it's used
EPSV 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 EPSV in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “EPSV” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme EPSV” 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 EPSV", "country": "es"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme epsv",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"epsv"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does EPSV stand for?
EPSV stands for Entidades de Previsión Social Voluntaria (Spanish), which translates as "Voluntary social security entities".
Is a EPSV public or private?
A EPSV is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a EPSV?
Owners of a EPSV have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use EPSV?
EPSV is used in Spain.
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