What is “KEG”?
KEG stands for Kommandit-Erwerbsgesellschaft (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 Kommandit-Erwerbsgesellschaft, a German-language term. It translates literally as “Limited partnership company.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as + co keg, co keg, ges mbh co keg, gesellschaft mbh co keg.
Where it's used
KEG 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 KEG in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “KEG” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme KEG” 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 KEG", "country": "at"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme keg",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"keg"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does KEG stand for?
KEG stands for Kommandit-Erwerbsgesellschaft (German), which translates as "Limited partnership company".
Is a KEG public or private?
A KEG is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a KEG?
Liability in a KEG is mixed. General partners bear unlimited liability while limited partners are protected up to their capital contribution.
Which countries use KEG?
KEG is used in Austria, Switzerland, Germany.
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