Private limited company

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Private limited company is a hybrid type of business entity used in many jurisdictions, with some differences from country to country. Examples include LLC in the US, private company limited by shares in the UK, GmbH in Germany or společnost s ručením omezeným in the Czech Republic.

Country	Business form	Abbreviation(s)
United States	Limited liability company	LLC
United States	privately held company
United Kingdom	Private company limited by shares	Pvt. Ltd.
India
Hong Kong
Ireland
Netherlands	besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid	bv
Belgium	besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid	bvba
Belgium	Société Privée à Responsabilité Limitée	SPRL
France	société à responsabilité limitée	SARL
Switzerland	société à responsabilité limitée	SARL
	società a garanzia limitata
	Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung	GmbH
Liechtenstein
Austria
Germany
Germany	Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungsbeschränkt)	UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Czech Republic	Společnost s ručením omezeným	s.r.o., spol. s r.o.
Slovakia	Spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným	s.r.o., spol. s r.o.
Hungary	korlátolt felelősségű társaság	kft.
Poland	spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością	sp. z o.o.
Croatia	Društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću	d.o.o.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Macedonia	Društvo so ograničena odgovornost
Slovenia	Družba z omejeno odgovornostjo
Spain	sociedad de responsabilidad limitada	SRL
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Italy	società a responsabilità limitata	SRL
Portugal	sociedade de responsabilidade limitada	Lda.
Brazil	sociedade limitada	Ltda., Lda.
Russia	общество с ограниченной ответственностью	ООО
Denmark	anpartsselskab	ApS
Sweden	privat aktiebolag	AB
Finland	(Yksityinen) osakeyhtiö	OY
Australia	proprietary limited company	Pty Ltd
Malaysia	Syarikat Sendirian Berhad	Sdn Bhd
Singapore	Private limited company	Pte Ltd
Estonia	Osaühing	OÜ
Latvia	Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību	SIA
Lithuania	Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė	UAB
Uzbekistan	Masuliyati Cheklangan Jamiyat	MCHJ
Romania	Societate cu Răspundere Limitată	SRL
Bulgaria	Дружество с ограничена отговорност	ООД
Ukraine	Товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю	ТОВ
Albania	Shoqëria Me Përgjegjësi Të Kufizuar	sh.p.k.
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