limited partnershipmixed liability

What is “SELACA”?

SELACA (professional limited partnership company with share capital) is a limited partnership used primarily in France. It signals mixed liability and private ownership.

Where it's used

SELACA appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:

FR · France

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityMixed: general partners bear unlimited liability; limited partners are protected up to their invested capital.
OwnershipPrivately held. Shares are not listed or traded on a public exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to GmbH & Co. KG in Germany, AGKGAA in Germany, AKGK in Germany.

Equivalent forms around the world

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

CountryEquivalent suffix
GermanyGmbH & Co. KG
GermanyAGKGAA
GermanyAKGK
GermanyGBHKGA
GermanyGBHKGAA
United KingdomGPLP
United KingdomILP
GermanyKEG
GermanyKG
GermanyKGAA
United KingdomLP
GermanyNFKGKG
United StatesP
GermanyPR
FranceSCA
FranceSCS
United KingdomSLP

Normalizing “SELACA” in your data

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

Frequently asked questions

What does SELACA mean?

SELACA means "professional limited partnership company with share capital".

Is a SELACA public or private?

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

What is the liability in a SELACA?

Liability in a SELACA is mixed. General partners bear unlimited liability while limited partners are protected up to their capital contribution.

Which countries use SELACA?

SELACA is used in France.

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