What is “SAC”?
SAC stands for Sociedad Anónima Cerrada (Spanish), a private limited liability company used primarily in Chile, Italy, Peru. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Sociedad Anónima Cerrada, a Spanish-language term. It translates literally as “Closed joint-stock company.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as sociedad anonima cerrada, societa agricola cooperativa, societa cooperativa agricola, societa cooperativagricola.
Where it's used
SAC appears in company names registered in the following 3 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to SAC in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SAC” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SAC” 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 SAC", "country": "cl"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme sac",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"sac"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SAC stand for?
SAC stands for Sociedad Anónima Cerrada (Spanish), which translates as "Closed joint-stock company".
Is a SAC public or private?
A SAC is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SAC?
Owners of a SAC have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SAC?
SAC is used in Chile, Italy, Peru.
Is a SAC 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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