Englishgeneral partnershipunlimited liability

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:

CA · CanadaTW · Taiwan

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityMembers have unlimited personal liability for the entity's obligations.
OwnershipPrivately held. Shares are not listed or traded on a public exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to GBHOH in Germany, GBR in Germany, GP in United States.

Equivalent forms around the world

These are the closest structural equivalents to ULDT in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.

CountryEquivalent suffix
GermanyGBHOH
GermanyGBR
United StatesGP
GermanyOHG
GermanyPG
CanadaSCC
FranceSCI
FranceSNC

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:

Request
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"}'
Response
{
  "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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