What is “ULDT”?
ULDT stands for unlimited company, a general partnership used primarily in Canada, Taiwan. The suffix signals that the business has unlimited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is unlimited company. It translates literally as “Company with unlimited liability for all members.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as unlimited, unlimited company, unltd, ~無限公司.
Where it's used
ULDT appears in company names registered in the following 2 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to ULDT in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “ULDT” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme ULDT” 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 ULDT", "country": "ca"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme uldt",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"uldt"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does ULDT stand for?
ULDT stands for unlimited company, which translates as "Company with unlimited liability for all members".
Is a ULDT public or private?
A ULDT is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a ULDT?
Members of a ULDT have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.
Which countries use ULDT?
ULDT is used in Canada, Taiwan.
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