What is “SEM”?
SEM (Company of mixed economy) is a public limited liability company used primarily in Côte d’Ivoire, France, Morocco. It signals limited liability and potential public listing.
Where it's used
SEM appears in company names registered in the following 3 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to SEM in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SEM” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SEM” 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 SEM", "country": "ci"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme sem",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"sem"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SEM mean?
SEM means "Company of mixed economy".
Is a SEM public or private?
A SEM is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SEM?
Owners of a SEM have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SEM?
SEM is used in Côte d’Ivoire, France, Morocco.
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