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