Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
E171384
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung is a common German limited liability company structure in which owners’ liability is restricted to their capital contributions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GmbH | 5 |
| Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1502865 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Context triple: [Red Bull GmbH, legalForm, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung]
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A.
Aktiengesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft is a German term for a joint-stock company, a common corporate legal form in German-speaking countries where ownership is divided into shares.
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B.
Société Anonyme
Société Anonyme is a common French corporate structure for large, share-based companies with limited liability and publicly tradable shares.
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C.
Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg is the municipal public transport company responsible for operating Nuremberg’s urban transit network, including its underground rail system.
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D.
Borsigwerke
Borsigwerke is a Berlin U-Bahn station on line U6 serving the Tegel district in the city’s northwest.
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E.
Buna-Werke
Buna-Werke was a synthetic rubber and fuel plant operated by IG Farben near Auschwitz, notorious for its use of forced labor from the adjacent Monowitz concentration camp during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Target entity description: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung is a common German limited liability company structure in which owners’ liability is restricted to their capital contributions.
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A.
Aktiengesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft is a German term for a joint-stock company, a common corporate legal form in German-speaking countries where ownership is divided into shares.
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B.
Société Anonyme
Société Anonyme is a common French corporate structure for large, share-based companies with limited liability and publicly tradable shares.
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C.
Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg is the municipal public transport company responsible for operating Nuremberg’s urban transit network, including its underground rail system.
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D.
Borsigwerke
Borsigwerke is a Berlin U-Bahn station on line U6 serving the Tegel district in the city’s northwest.
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E.
Buna-Werke
Buna-Werke was a synthetic rubber and fuel plant operated by IG Farben near Auschwitz, notorious for its use of forced labor from the adjacent Monowitz concentration camp during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company form
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legal entity type ⓘ limited liability company ⓘ |
| appliesInJurisdiction |
Austria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| articlesOfAssociationForm | notarial deed required in Germany ⓘ |
| canHaveMultipleShareholders | yes ⓘ |
| canHaveSingleShareholder | yes ⓘ |
| capitalContributionForm |
cash contributions
ⓘ
contributions in kind ⓘ |
| capitalStructure | Stammkapital divided into shares ⓘ |
| commonAbbreviationPlacement | suffix to company name ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| establishmentRequirement | registration in the commercial register ⓘ |
| governingBody | shareholders' meeting ⓘ |
| governingStatute |
German Limited Liability Companies Act
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surface form:
GmbH-Gesetz
|
| governingStatuteJurisdiction | Germany ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| legalAbbreviation | GmbH ⓘ |
| legalPersonality | separate legal entity from its shareholders ⓘ |
| legalSystem | German law ⓘ |
| liabilityExtent | limited to capital contributions ⓘ |
| liabilityType | limited liability ⓘ |
| managementBody | Geschäftsführer ⓘ |
| managementStructure | one or more managing directors ⓘ |
| minimumShareCapital | 25000 EUR in Germany ⓘ |
| nameRequirement | must include the suffix "GmbH" ⓘ |
| ownerLiability | no personal liability beyond contributions in normal cases ⓘ |
| ownershipTransfer | transfer of shares usually requires notarization in Germany ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | conduct of business with limited liability for owners ⓘ |
| profitDistribution | dividends to shareholders ⓘ |
| requiresArticlesOfAssociation | yes ⓘ |
| requiresRegistrationWith | Handelsregister ⓘ |
| shareholderRole | Gesellschafter ⓘ |
| shareType | non-listed shares ⓘ |
| shortName | GmbH ⓘ |
| similarTo |
private limited company (Ltd) in the United Kingdom
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sociedad de responsabilidad limitada in Spain ⓘ società a responsabilità limitata in Italy ⓘ société à responsabilité limitée in France ⓘ |
| taxTreatment |
subject to corporate income tax
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subject to trade tax in Germany ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
family businesses
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small and medium-sized enterprises ⓘ subsidiaries of larger corporations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Description of subject: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung is a common German limited liability company structure in which owners’ liability is restricted to their capital contributions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GmbH
this entity surface form:
GmbH
this entity surface form:
GmbH