What is “ULTD”?
ULTD stands for Public unlimited company with a share capital, a public limited liability company used primarily in United Kingdom, Hong Kong SAR China, Ireland. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is eligible for public listing.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Public unlimited company with a share capital. It translates literally as “Public unlimited company with a share capital.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as anghyfyngedig, unlimited, unlimited company, unltd.
Where it's used
ULTD appears in company names registered in the following 7 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to ULTD in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “ULTD” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme ULTD” 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 ULTD", "country": "gb"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme ultd",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"ultd"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does ULTD stand for?
ULTD stands for Public unlimited company with a share capital, which translates as "Public unlimited company with a share capital".
Is a ULTD public or private?
A ULTD is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a ULTD?
Owners of a ULTD have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use ULTD?
ULTD is used in United Kingdom, Hong Kong SAR China, Ireland, India and 3 other countries.
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