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What is “SACIT”?

SACIT (Commercial and Industrial Anonymous Society) is a public limited liability company used primarily in Paraguay. It signals limited liability and potential public listing.

Where it's used

SACIT appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:

PY · Paraguay

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityOwners' liability is limited to their capital contribution. Personal assets are protected.
OwnershipMay issue publicly traded shares listed on a stock exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to Corp in United States, AG in Germany, SA in France.

Equivalent forms around the world

These are the closest structural equivalents to SACIT in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.

CountryEquivalent suffix
United StatesCorp
GermanyAG
FranceSA
FranceAE
GermanyAGKGA
GermanyAKGKA
GermanyCOAG
GermanyINVAG
GermanyKGA
United KingdomPLC
GermanyREITAG
GermanySE
GermanySE*
ParaguaySEACA
FranceSEM
FranceSICAF
FranceSICAV
FranceSPA
United KingdomULTD

Normalizing “SACIT” in your data

When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — Acme SACIT” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:

Request
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Acme SACIT", "country": "py"}'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "canonical": "acme sacit",
    "legal_type": null,
    "tokens": [
      "acme",
      "sacit"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "pipeline": [
      "lowercase",
      "legal_suffix"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.99
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does SACIT mean?

SACIT means "Commercial and Industrial Anonymous Society".

Is a SACIT public or private?

A SACIT is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.

What is the liability in a SACIT?

Owners of a SACIT have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.

Which countries use SACIT?

SACIT is used in Paraguay.

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