nonprofitlimited liability

What is “INC FD”?

INC FD (Income fund) is a nonprofit organization. It signals limited liability and private ownership.

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityOwners' liability is limited to their capital contribution. Personal assets are protected.
OwnershipPrivately held. Shares are not listed or traded on a public exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to CIC in United Kingdom, EV in Germany, FCP in France.

Equivalent forms around the world

These are the closest structural equivalents to INC FD in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.

CountryEquivalent suffix
United KingdomCIC
GermanyEV
FranceFCP
GermanyGAG
United KingdomLG

Normalizing “INC FD” in your data

When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — Acme INC FD” 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 INC FD", "country": "us"}'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "canonical": "acme inc fd",
    "legal_type": null,
    "tokens": [
      "acme",
      "inc",
      "fd"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "pipeline": [
      "lowercase",
      "legal_suffix"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.99
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does INC FD mean?

INC FD means "Income fund".

Is a INC FD public or private?

A INC FD is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.

What is the liability in a INC FD?

Owners of a INC FD have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.

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