What is “PT”?
PT stands for Perseroan Terbatas Penanaman Modal Dalam Negeri (Indonesian), a private limited liability company used primarily in Indonesia, Ukraine. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Perseroan Terbatas Penanaman Modal Dalam Negeri, a Indonesian-language term. It translates literally as “Limited liability company for domestic capital investment.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as persero, persero tbk, perseroan terbatas, повне товариство.
Where it's used
PT appears in company names registered in the following 2 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to PT in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “PT” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme PT” 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 PT", "country": "id"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme pt",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"pt"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does PT stand for?
PT stands for Perseroan Terbatas Penanaman Modal Dalam Negeri (Indonesian), which translates as "Limited liability company for domestic capital investment".
Is a PT public or private?
A PT is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a PT?
Owners of a PT have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use PT?
PT is used in Indonesia, Ukraine.
Is a PT the same as a LLC?
Functionally comparable — both are private limited liability company forms — but they operate under different national laws with distinct formation, capital, and governance requirements.
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