What is “SCP”?
SCP stands for Sociedad Colectiva Profesional (o Sociedad regular colectiva profesional) (Spanish), a professional entity used primarily in Spain, France. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Sociedad Colectiva Profesional (o Sociedad regular colectiva profesional), a Spanish-language term. It translates literally as “Professional collective society or regular professional collective partnership.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as sociedad civil privada, societe civile professionnelle.
Where it's used
SCP appears in company names registered in the following 2 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to SCP in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SCP” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SCP” 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 SCP", "country": "es"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme scp",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"scp"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SCP stand for?
SCP stands for Sociedad Colectiva Profesional (o Sociedad regular colectiva profesional) (Spanish), which translates as "Professional collective society or regular professional collective partnership".
Is a SCP public or private?
A SCP is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SCP?
Owners of a SCP have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SCP?
SCP is used in Spain, France.
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