cleanco 1.1

Python library to process company names

# cleanco - 1.1

## What is it / what does it do? This is a Python module that processes company names, in terms of US/UK business entity types.

## How do I install it? Download it from this site and unzip the directory.

• Mac: cd into it, and enter sudo python setup.py install along with your system password.

• Windows: Same thing but without sudo.

## How does it work? Let’s look at some sample code. First, create an instance of the module:

>>> from cleanco import cleanco

Prepare a string of a company name that you want to process:

>>> business_name = "Some Big Pharma, LLC"

Throw it into the instance:

>>> x = cleanco(business_name)

You can now get the company types:

>>> x.type()
['Limited Liability Company']

…the possible countries…

>>> x.country()
['United States of America', 'Philippines']

…and a clean version of the company name.

>>> x.clean_name()
'Some Big Pharma'

## Are there bugs? You better believe it. Please let me know or fork this project. I’m sure some of the company suffixes are way incorrect and I’m missing a lot more information.

## Special thanks to:

• Wikipedia’s [Types of Business Entity article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_business_entity), where I spent hours of research.

• Contributors: Petri Savolainen <[e-mail]>