What is “PU”?
PU stands for Perusahaan Umum (Indonesian), a public limited liability company used primarily in Indonesia. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is eligible for public listing.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Perusahaan Umum, a Indonesian-language term. It translates literally as “Public company.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as perjan, perum, perusahaan jawatan, perusahaan umum.
Where it's used
PU 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 PU in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “PU” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme PU” 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 PU", "country": "id"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme pu",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"pu"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does PU stand for?
PU stands for Perusahaan Umum (Indonesian), which translates as "Public company".
Is a PU public or private?
A PU is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a PU?
Owners of a PU have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use PU?
PU is used in Indonesia.
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