Polishgeneral partnershipunlimited liability

What is “SCY”?

SCY stands for spółka cywilna (Polish), a general partnership used primarily in Poland. The suffix signals that the business has unlimited liability and is privately held.

Full meaning & translation

The full form is spółka cywilna, a Polish-language term. It translates literally as “civil partnership.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as sc, spolki cywilne, spółka cywilna.

Where it's used

SCY appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:

PL · Poland

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityMembers have unlimited personal liability for the entity's obligations.
OwnershipPrivately held. Shares are not listed or traded on a public exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to GBHOH in Germany, GBR in Germany, GP in United States.

Equivalent forms around the world

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

CountryEquivalent suffix
GermanyGBHOH
GermanyGBR
United StatesGP
GermanyOHG
GermanyPG
FranceSCI
FranceSNC
PolandSPJ
PolandSPP

Normalizing “SCY” in your data

When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — Acme SCY” 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 SCY", "country": "pl"}'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "canonical": "acme scy",
    "legal_type": null,
    "tokens": [
      "acme",
      "scy"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "pipeline": [
      "lowercase",
      "legal_suffix"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.99
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does SCY stand for?

SCY stands for spółka cywilna (Polish), which translates as "civil partnership".

Is a SCY public or private?

A SCY is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.

What is the liability in a SCY?

Members of a SCY have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.

Which countries use SCY?

SCY is used in Poland.

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