What is “GBHKGAA”?
GBHKGAA stands for Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (German), a limited partnership used primarily in Austria, Switzerland, Germany. The suffix signals that the business has mixed liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, a German-language term. It translates literally as “Limited partnership on shares.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as gmbh co kgaa, gmbh cokgaa.
Where it's used
GBHKGAA 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 GBHKGAA in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “GBHKGAA” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme GBHKGAA” 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 GBHKGAA", "country": "at"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme gbhkgaa",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"gbhkgaa"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does GBHKGAA stand for?
GBHKGAA stands for Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (German), which translates as "Limited partnership on shares".
Is a GBHKGAA public or private?
A GBHKGAA is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a GBHKGAA?
Liability in a GBHKGAA is mixed. General partners bear unlimited liability while limited partners are protected up to their capital contribution.
Which countries use GBHKGAA?
GBHKGAA is used in Austria, Switzerland, Germany.
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