What is “SAPCA”?
SAPCA (agricultural cooperative society with shares) is a cooperative used primarily in Italy. It signals limited liability and private ownership.
Where it's used
SAPCA 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 SAPCA in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SAPCA” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SAPCA” 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 SAPCA", "country": "it"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme sapca",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"sapca"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SAPCA mean?
SAPCA means "agricultural cooperative society with shares".
Is a SAPCA public or private?
A SAPCA is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SAPCA?
Owners of a SAPCA have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SAPCA?
SAPCA is used in Italy.
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