What is “EURL”?
EURL (single-member company with limited liability) is a private limited liability company used primarily in Côte d’Ivoire, Algeria, France. It signals limited liability and private ownership.
Where it's used
EURL 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 EURL in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “EURL” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme EURL” 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 EURL", "country": "ci"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme eurl",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"eurl"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does EURL mean?
EURL means "single-member company with limited liability".
Is a EURL public or private?
A EURL is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a EURL?
Owners of a EURL have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use EURL?
EURL is used in Côte d’Ivoire, Algeria, France.
Is a EURL 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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