What is “SAT”?
SAT stands for Sociedades Agrarias de Transformación (Spanish), a cooperative used primarily in Colombia. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Sociedades Agrarias de Transformación, a Spanish-language term. It translates literally as “Agricultural transformation societies.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as sociedad agropecuaria de transformacion.
Where it's used
SAT 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 SAT in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SAT” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SAT” 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 SAT", "country": "co"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme sat",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"sat"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SAT stand for?
SAT stands for Sociedades Agrarias de Transformación (Spanish), which translates as "Agricultural transformation societies".
Is a SAT public or private?
A SAT is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SAT?
Owners of a SAT have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SAT?
SAT is used in Colombia.
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