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