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What is “FZE”?

FZE (Free Zone Entity) is a branch or representative office used primarily in United Arab Emirates.

Where it's used

FZE appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:

AE · United Arab Emirates

What it tells you about the company

Normalizing “FZE” in your data

When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — Acme FZE” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:

Request
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Acme FZE", "country": "ae"}'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "canonical": "acme fze",
    "legal_type": null,
    "tokens": [
      "acme",
      "fze"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "pipeline": [
      "lowercase",
      "legal_suffix"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.99
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does FZE mean?

FZE means "Free Zone Entity".

Which countries use FZE?

FZE is used in United Arab Emirates.

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