What is “HMH”?
HMH (General partnership company) is a general partnership used primarily in South Korea. It signals unlimited liability and private ownership.
Where it's used
HMH appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to HMH in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “HMH” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme HMH” 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 HMH", "country": "kr"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme hmh",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"hmh"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does HMH mean?
HMH means "General partnership company".
Is a HMH public or private?
A HMH is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a HMH?
Members of a HMH have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.
Which countries use HMH?
HMH is used in South Korea.
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