NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP

Business law
Business organizations
Common law business forms:
Sole proprietorship
Partnership  · Corporation
General partnership
Business trust
Statutory business forms:
Limited partnership
Proprietary limited company
Public limited company
Limited liability partnership
Limited liability company
Civil law corporate forms:
AB  · AG  · ANS  · A/S  · GmbH
K.K.  · N.V.  · OY  · S.A.
Company forms under EU law:
SE  · SCE
Doctrines
Corporate governance
Limited liability  · Ultra vires
Business judgment rule
De facto corporation and corporation by estoppel
Piercing the corporate veil
Related areas of law
Contract  · Civil procedure

The term Naamloze Vennootschap (usually abbreviated NV) is the Dutch terminology for a public limited liability corporation. The company is owned by shareholders, and the company's shares are not registered to certain owners, so that they may be traded on the public stock market.

The phrase literally means "Nameless Partnership" and comes from the fact that the partners (the shareholders) are not directly known. This is in contrast to the term for a private limited company, which is called Besloten Vennootschap, usually abbreviated as B.V. (literally "Secluded Partnership").

The Naamloze Vennootschap is a legal entity in The Netherlands, Belgium, Surinam and The Netherlands Antilles.

See also

• Types of companies
• Types of corporations
• Public limited company (the corresponding concept in the UK and in Ireland)
• S. A. (the corresponding concept in France, Spain and other Romanic countries)
• Aktiengesellschaft (the corresponding concept in Germany)
• Aktiebolag (the corresponding concept in Sweden)
• Osakeyhtiö (the corresponding concept in Finland)