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