Aktiengesellschaft (German pronunciation:[ˈaktsi̯ənɡəˌzɛlʃaft]; abbreviated AG, pronounced[aːˈgeː]) is a German word for a corporation limited by share ownership (i.e., one which is owned by its shareholders) whose shares may be traded on a stock market. The term is used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (where it is equivalent to a société anonyme or a società per azioni), and South Tyrol[a] for companies incorporated there. In the United Kingdom, the equivalent term is public limited company, and in the United States, while the terms "incorporated" or "corporation" are typically used, technically the more precise equivalent term is "joint-stock company"[1] (though to note, for the British term, only a minority of public limited companies have their shares listed on stock exchanges).[2]
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^Google Translate reports "Aktiengesellschaft" translates as "joint-stock company".
^This page: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/statistics/companies-and-issuers/companies-and-issuers.htm Archived 2019-11-15 at the Wayback Machine (visited September 24, 2019) has a list of all public companies in Britain, and it numbers 2001 entries. This page: "How many limited companies are there in the UK?" Archived 2019-11-05 at the Wayback Machine (Company Bug; visited September 24, 2019) says there are 1.9 million limited companies in Britain.
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