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