Every legal form in Slovakia, 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 11 legal forms the Prometiam dictionary knows for Slovakia: 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 Slovakia, 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 Slovakia: company records only (no officers, no registry-compliance signal); commercial legal persons only (no associations, foundations or other non-commercial entities); sole traders and other natural persons are never served. Contains data from the Register of Legal Entities (RPO), Ministry of Interior and Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, CC BY 4.0.
| Form | Abbreviation | Kind | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verejná obchodná spoločnosť | v.o.s. | General partnership | A general partnership: the partners are jointly liable without limit. |
| Spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným | s.r.o. | Private limited company | A limited liability company (spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným): liability is limited to the contributions, and the minimum share capital is EUR 5,000. The most common form for businesses. |
| Komanditná spoločnosť | k.s. | Limited partnership | A limited partnership: at least one partner is liable without limit, the others only up to their contribution. |
| Akciová spoločnosť | a.s. | Public limited company (joint-stock company) | A joint-stock company (akciová spoločnosť): the minimum share capital is EUR 25,000, and its shares may be listed. |
| Jednoduchá spoločnosť na akcie | j.s.a. | Private limited company | The simple joint-stock company (jednoduchá spoločnosť na akcie), introduced in 2017 with a minimum capital of EUR 1. |
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=SK&name=<company name>" # each result carries, for example: # "legal_form": "v.o.s." # "legal_form_family": "general_partnership"
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.
A limited liability company (spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným): liability is limited to the contributions, and the minimum share capital is EUR 5,000. The most common form for businesses.
s.r.o.legal_form s.r.o., legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 112The simple joint-stock company (jednoduchá spoločnosť na akcie), introduced in 2017 with a minimum capital of EUR 1.
j.s.a.legal_form j.s.a., legal_form_family private_limited_company, local_legal_form 125Public 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.
A joint-stock company (akciová spoločnosť): the minimum share capital is EUR 25,000, and its shares may be listed.
a.s.legal_form a.s., legal_form_family public_limited_company, local_legal_form 121SElegal_form SE, legal_form_family public_limited_company, local_legal_form 123General partnership: the owners run the business together and, as a rule, answer personally for its debts.
A general partnership: the partners are jointly liable without limit.
v.o.s.legal_form v.o.s., legal_form_family general_partnership, local_legal_form 111Limited partnership: at least one partner answers without limit for the debts, the others only up to what they contributed.
A limited partnership: at least one partner is liable without limit, the others only up to their contribution.
k.s.legal_form k.s., legal_form_family limited_partnership, local_legal_form 113Cooperative: an organisation owned and run by its members.
SCElegal_form SCE, legal_form_family cooperative, local_legal_form 124legal_form Cooperative (družstvo), legal_form_family cooperative, local_legal_form 205Economic interest grouping: members cooperate in a shared activity while staying independent businesses.
EZHSlegal_form EZHS, legal_form_family economic_interest_grouping, local_legal_form 122Branch of a foreign company: an establishment or registration of a company incorporated abroad.
legal_form Enterprise of a foreign person (branch), legal_form_family branch_of_foreign_company, local_legal_form 005Public body: a state, local-authority or other public-law entity.
legal_form State enterprise, legal_form_family public_body, local_legal_form 301See the Slovakia company data API guide for the register behind these records and the free IČO lookup to try an identifier. For the register states that go with these forms, read company status in Slovakia. 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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