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