What is “KKT”?
KKT stands for Közkereseti társaság (Hungarian), a general partnership used primarily in Hungary. The suffix signals that the business has unlimited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Közkereseti társaság, a Hungarian-language term. It translates literally as “general partnership company.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as közkereseti társaság.
Where it's used
KKT 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 KKT in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “KKT” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme KKT” 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 KKT", "country": "hu"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme kkt",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"kkt"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does KKT stand for?
KKT stands for Közkereseti társaság (Hungarian), which translates as "general partnership company".
Is a KKT public or private?
A KKT is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a KKT?
Members of a KKT have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.
Which countries use KKT?
KKT is used in Hungary.
Need to normalize KKT at scale? The Ambect API handles it across 100+ countries in under 5 ms.
Try the live normalizer free →