What is “SA DE CV”?
SA DE CV (Anonymous society of variable capital) is a public limited liability company used primarily in El Salvador. It signals limited liability and potential public listing.
Where it's used
SA DE CV 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 SA DE CV in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SA DE CV” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SA DE CV” 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 SA DE CV", "country": "sv"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme sa de cv",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"sa",
"de",
"cv"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SA DE CV mean?
SA DE CV means "Anonymous society of variable capital".
Is a SA DE CV public or private?
A SA DE CV is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SA DE CV?
Owners of a SA DE CV have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SA DE CV?
SA DE CV is used in El Salvador.
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