Every legal form in Lithuania, each with its abbreviation, the kind of entity it is, liability and typical use where they are well established, and the values the Prometiam company object returns.
This guide lists the 12 legal forms the Prometiam dictionary knows for Lithuania: what each is called, how it is abbreviated, what kind of entity it is and how it appears in the company object. Use it to read the legal_form of a company registered in Lithuania, or to decode a form you meet in a contract or on an invoice. It is a general reference, not legal advice.
Coverage and limits for Lithuania: company records only (no officers, no registry-compliance signal, no insolvency notices); legal entities of the Register of Legal Entities (JAR) only, sole proprietorships (individuali įmonė), partnerships (KUB, TUB), branches, state enterprises and non-commercial bodies are never served; liquidation, bankruptcy and restructuring show in the company status. Contains data from the Register of Legal Entities (JAR), Registrų centras, the State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania) and the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI), CC BY 4.0. Adapted by Prometiam.
| Form | Abbreviation | Kind | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė | UAB | Private limited company | Private limited company (uždaroji akcinė bendrovė), the usual company form in Lithuania. Share capital is served for UAB and AB only. |
| Akcinė bendrovė | AB | Public limited company (joint-stock company) | Public limited company (akcinė bendrovė). Share capital is served for UAB and AB only. |
| Mažoji bendrija | MB | Private limited company | Small partnership (mažoji bendrija), a limited-liability small community, filed with the private limited companies. |
| Europos bendrovė | SE | Public limited company (joint-stock company) | A European company (Societas Europaea) registered in Lithuania. |
| Europos ekonominių interesų grupė | EEIG | Economic interest grouping | A European economic interest grouping registered in Lithuania. |
Every company object carries four legal-form fields: legal_form (the standard abbreviation, null when the form is not mapped), legal_form_family (the cross-country family, so a private limited company compares across countries), local_legal_form (the register’s own value or code as stored) and local_legal_form_name (the register’s name for it, where it publishes one). Each form below shows the values the API returns for it.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer rk_live_..." \ "https://api.prometiam.com/functions/v1/risk-api/companies/search?country=LT&name=<company name>" # each result carries, for example: # "legal_form": "UAB" # "legal_form_family": "private_limited_company"
Private limited company: a company with its own legal personality whose owners are, as a rule, not personally liable for its debts and whose shares are not offered to the public.
Private limited company (uždaroji akcinė bendrovė), the usual company form in Lithuania. Share capital is served for UAB and AB only.
UABlegal_form UAB, legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 310Small partnership (mažoji bendrija), a limited-liability small community, filed with the private limited companies.
MBlegal_form MB, legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 960ŽŪBlegal_form ŽŪB, legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 410UABlegal_form UAB, legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 330UABlegal_form UAB, legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 340UABlegal_form UAB, legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 370Public limited company (joint-stock company): a company with its own legal personality and share capital whose owners are, as a rule, not personally liable; the family of forms that can usually raise money from the public.
Public limited company (akcinė bendrovė). Share capital is served for UAB and AB only.
ABlegal_form AB, legal_form_family public_limited_company, local_legal_form 320A European company (Societas Europaea) registered in Lithuania.
SElegal_form SE, legal_form_family public_limited_company, local_legal_form 860ABlegal_form AB, legal_form_family public_limited_company, local_legal_form 360Cooperative: an organisation owned and run by its members.
KBlegal_form KB, legal_form_family cooperative, local_legal_form 710legal_form Legacy co-operative undertaking 350 (removed companies only), legal_form_family cooperative, local_legal_form 350Economic interest grouping: members cooperate in a shared activity while staying independent businesses.
A European economic interest grouping registered in Lithuania.
EEIGlegal_form EEIG, legal_form_family economic_interest_grouping, local_legal_form 850See the Lithuania company data API guide for the register behind these records and the free Company code lookup to try an identifier. For the register states that go with these forms, read company status in Lithuania. All countries: company legal forms.
Search by name or identifier and read legal_form, legal_form_family and local_legal_form on every result, or filter a bulk list by family.
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