Naamloze Vennootschap (abbreviation: N.V. or NV) is an acronym for the French term Open Public Limited Company, a public company. The suffix N.V. or NV is used in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. It is also used in Indonesia, Curacao, St. Martin and Aruba.

Dutch commercial law distinguishes between two types of limited liability companies:

Literally, "limited liability company" (S.A.) means "unnamed risk", since the shareholders of a public company may remain anonymous. Such a company or stocks are traded on a stock exchange. This is the opposite of a company Besloten Vennootschap (B.V.), a "closed partnership" or "exclusive". Such a company or stocks are not for sale on the open market. Differences between a BV and a NVchange the code change the code edit code

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