Portugal
- CRL (Cooperativa de Responsabilidade Limitada): limited liability cooperative
- S.A. (Sociedade Anónima): ≈ plc (UK), and these are further classified as:
- S.A., Sociedade Aberta: ≈ publicly traded corporation (literally "open company").
- S.F., Sociedade Fechada: ≈ privately held (closely held) corporation (literally "closed company")
- Lda. (Limitada): ≈ Ltd. (UK), and these might be:
- Unipessoal Lda.: single member company (literally: "Unipersonal Ltd.")
- SGPS (Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais): holding corporation (literally "shareholding management company")
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