What is “SIA”?
SIA stands for Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību (Latvian), a private limited liability company used primarily in Latvia. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību, a Latvian-language term. It translates literally as “company with limited liability.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību.
Where it's used
SIA 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 SIA in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SIA” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SIA” 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 SIA", "country": "lv"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme sia",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"sia"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SIA stand for?
SIA stands for Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību (Latvian), which translates as "company with limited liability".
Is a SIA public or private?
A SIA is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SIA?
Owners of a SIA have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SIA?
SIA is used in Latvia.
Is a SIA the same as a LLC?
Functionally comparable — both are private limited liability company forms — but they operate under different national laws with distinct formation, capital, and governance requirements.
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