S.A. generally designates corporations in various countries. This translates literally in all languages mentioned as anonymous company or share company and can be opposed to partnerships and to limited liability companies.

In Central America S.A. refers to the stricter corporate laws, that allow individuals to form legal corporations without revealing their identity, via the use of bearer bonds.

S.A. is the abbreviation of

• Société Anonyme' in French,
• Spółka Akcyjna in Polish,
• Sociedad Anónima o Sociedad por acciones in Spanish,
• Sociedade Anónima in Portuguese,
• Società per Azioni (S.p.A.) in Italian,
• Societate pe Acţiuni in Romanian,
• equivalent to Naamloze Vennootschap (N.V.) in Dutch,
• equivalent to Anonymi Etairia (A.E.) or Ανώνυμη Εταιρία in Greek.

• For the art group, see Société Anonyme, Inc..

Types of companies

Société anonyme | Sociedad anónima | Société anonyme | Naamloze vennootschap