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