What is “ONLUS”?
ONLUS (non-profit organization of social utility) is a nonprofit organization used primarily in Italy. It signals limited liability and private ownership.
Where it's used
ONLUS 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 ONLUS in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “ONLUS” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme ONLUS” 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 ONLUS", "country": "it"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme onlus",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"onlus"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does ONLUS mean?
ONLUS means "non-profit organization of social utility".
Is a ONLUS public or private?
A ONLUS is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a ONLUS?
Owners of a ONLUS have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use ONLUS?
ONLUS is used in Italy.
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