Every legal form a company can take, mapped to the place that defines it.
Spin the globe to any of 129 jurisdictions and read the legal entity types it recognizes — from the corporation and the LLC to forms that exist in only one country, or one state.
- 129
- Jurisdictions
- 4000
- Legal forms
- 9
- Define forms by state
Choose any jurisdiction on the globe, or search by name, to read its legal entity types here — each one’s local name, its romanization where it differs, and the abbreviations companies file under.
In nine jurisdictions, the legal form is defined one level down.
A Delaware corporation and a Texas corporation are not the same legal form, and neither is filed with the federal government. These jurisdictions register entity types at the state, provincial, or emirate level, which is why a single country can carry hundreds of distinct forms. Open one to see how it splits.
Browse all 129 jurisdictions
North America24
South America10
Europe44
Africa11
Asia28
Oceania12
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Track entities in every form, in every jurisdiction
Lextree holds the record for each legal entity you manage — its form, its jurisdiction, and every filing that keeps it in good standing.