What is “LP”?
LP stands for Limited Partnership, a limited partnership used primarily in Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland. 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 “Partnership with limited liability for some partners.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as limited p ship, limited partnership, ltd partnership, socjeta in akkomandita jew socjeta limitata.
Where it's used
LP appears in company names registered in the following 7 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to LP in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “LP” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme LP” 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 LP", "country": "ca"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme lp",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"lp"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does LP stand for?
LP stands for Limited Partnership, which translates as "Partnership with limited liability for some partners".
Is a LP public or private?
A LP is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a LP?
Liability in a LP is mixed. General partners bear unlimited liability while limited partners are protected up to their capital contribution.
Which countries use LP?
LP is used in Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Cambodia and 3 other countries.
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