What does S.A in a company name stand for?

Question

Total S.A., MSC S.A., etc......

what is S.A.? can anybody tell me plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Answer 1

S.A. generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing civil law. This translates literally in all languages mentioned as "anonymous company" or "share company" and can be differentiated from Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies.

S.A. meaning "anonymous society/corporation" is the abbreviation of:

    * "Société anonyme" in French

    * "Società anonima" ("spA") in Italian Switzerland

    * "Societat Anònima" in Catalan

    * "Spółka Akcyjna" in Polish

    * "Sociedade Anónima" in Portuguese (European); "Sociedade Anônima" (until 1991) and "Sociedade por Ações" (Brazil)

    * "Sociedad Anónima" or "Sociedad por Acciones" in Spanish

It is equivalent in both literal meaning and practical function to:

    * "Naamloze Vennootschap" (N.V.) in Dutch

    * "Anonymi Etairia" (A.E.) or "Ανώνυμη Εταιρία" in Greek

    * "Anonim Şirket" (A.Ş.) in Turkish

    * "Perseroan Terbatas" (P.T.) in Indonesia

    * "Sendirian Berhad" (Sdn.Bhd.) in Malaysia

It is equivalent in practical function to:

    * Several different forms with terms derived from the German Aktiengesellschaft (AG), all literally meaning "share company" or "Company with Shares":

    * "Societate pe AcÅ£iuni" in Romanian, which somewhat confusingly abbreviates to S.A.

    * "Società per Azioni" (S.p.A.) in Italian (sometimes transliterates as 'joint-stock corporation')

    * "Aktiebolag" (AB) in Swedish

    * ''Aktieselskab" (A/S) in Danish

    * "Aksjeselskap" (AS) in Norwegian (bokmÃ¥l)

    * "Lutlag" (LL) in Norwegian (nynorsk)

    * "Akcionarsko Drustvo" (A.D.) in Serbia

    * "Akciová společnost" (a.s.) in Czech

    * "Dioničko druÅ¡tvo" (d.d.) in Croatian

    * "Public limited company" (Plc) in English (most commonly used in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, less-known elsewhere).

Answer 2

Société anonyme.

At least in French. It's similar words with exactly the same meaning in Spanish or Italian, and maybe other languages (Portuguese?).

It refers to the French (Swiss, Spanish, etc.) version of what we call a corporation: a society that you do business with without knowing who the shareholders are.

Answer 3

Saudi Arabia

Answer 4

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