What is “SELAS”?
SELAS (simplified joint-stock company for liberal professions) is a professional entity used primarily in France. It signals limited liability and private ownership.
Where it's used
SELAS 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 SELAS in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SELAS” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SELAS” 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 SELAS", "country": "fr"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme selas",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"selas"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SELAS mean?
SELAS means "simplified joint-stock company for liberal professions".
Is a SELAS public or private?
A SELAS is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SELAS?
Owners of a SELAS have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SELAS?
SELAS is used in France.
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