What is “SIM”?
SIM (Company for investment in movable securities) is a public limited liability company used primarily in Spain. It signals limited liability and potential public listing.
Where it's used
SIM 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 SIM in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “SIM” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme SIM” 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 SIM", "country": "es"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme sim",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"sim"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does SIM mean?
SIM means "Company for investment in movable securities".
Is a SIM public or private?
A SIM is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a SIM?
Owners of a SIM have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use SIM?
SIM is used in Spain.
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