What is “SECSP”?
SECSP stands for Société en commandite spéciale (French), a limited partnership used primarily in Luxembourg. The suffix signals that the business has mixed liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Société en commandite spéciale, a French-language term. It translates literally as “Special limited partnership company.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as societe en commandite speciale.
Where it's used
SECSP 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 SECSP in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SECSP” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SECSP” 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 SECSP", "country": "lu"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme secsp",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"secsp"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SECSP stand for?
SECSP stands for Société en commandite spéciale (French), which translates as "Special limited partnership company".
Is a SECSP public or private?
A SECSP is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SECSP?
Liability in a SECSP is mixed. General partners bear unlimited liability while limited partners are protected up to their capital contribution.
Which countries use SECSP?
SECSP is used in Luxembourg.
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