Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe |
| ISO 3166-1 | BG / BGR |
| Registry | Registry Agency |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Bulgaria and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | ЕИК / UIC | Registry Agency |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | ЕИК / UIC | Registry Agency |
Sector regulators
BNB · FSC
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Дружество с ограничена отговорност | ООД | Multi-member limited liability company; minimum capital BGN 2 (~EUR 1); managed by one or more managers. Most common entity form in Bulgaria. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност | ЕООД | Single-member limited liability company; same capital and governance rules as OOD. Equivalent to a US single-member LLC. |
| Дружество с променлив капитал | ДПК | Variable Capital Company; introduced August 2023, registrations open December 2024; capped at 50 employees and BGN 4M turnover/assets. Used for startup and VC-backed entities. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Акционерно дружество | АД | Joint-stock company with freely transferable shares; minimum capital BGN 50,000 (~EUR 25,565); one-tier or two-tier governance. Can raise public equity. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Еднолично акционерно дружество | ЕАД | Single-shareholder joint-stock company; same capital and governance rules as AD. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Събирателно дружество | СД | General partnership; two or more partners bearing unlimited joint and several liability for company obligations. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership. |
| Командитно дружество | КД | Limited partnership; at least one general partner with unlimited liability and one limited partner whose liability is capped at contribution. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership. |
| Командитно дружество с акции | КДА | Partnership limited by shares; hybrid form combining features of limited partnership and joint-stock company — at least one unlimited-liability general partner and share-capital limited partners. Requires minimum four founders. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership. |
| Едноличен търговец | ЕТ | Sole trader registered in the Commercial Register; no separate legal personality from the owner; unlimited personal liability for business obligations. Closest US equivalent: Sole Proprietorship. |
| Кооперация | — | Cooperative society registered under the Cooperatives Act; open membership with variable capital; profits and governance distributed among members. Minimum seven members required. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
| Клон на чуждестранен търговец | — | Branch of a foreign merchant registered in the Bulgarian Commercial Register; not a separate legal entity — foreign parent bears unlimited liability for branch obligations. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Representative Office. |
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | Удостоверение за вписване |
| Constitutive Documents | Any one of: Дружествен договор · Учредителен акт · Устав |
| Tax Registration | Удостоверение за регистрация по ЗДДС |
| Governance Records | Удостоверение за вписване |
| Signing Authority | Any one of: Нотариално заверено пълномощно · Решение на ОСС · Решение на ОСС |
| Address | Any one of: Договор за наем · Сметка за комунални услуги · Банково извлечение |
| Good Standing | Удостоверение за актуално състояние |
Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Удостоверение за вписване (EPZEU current-state extract) | Legal Registration, Governance Records |
| Дружествен договор (OOD / KD / SD) | Constitutive Documents |
| Учредителен акт (EOOD / EAD) | Constitutive Documents |
| Устав (AD) | Constitutive Documents |
| Удостоверение за регистрация по ЗДДС (VAT certificate) | Tax Registration |
| Нотариално заверено пълномощно (notarised POA) | Signing Authority |
| Решение на ОСС (general meeting resolution) | Signing Authority |
| Решение на ОСС / СД (GMS or board resolution) | Signing Authority |
| Договор за наем | Address |
| Сметка за комунални услуги (≤90 дни) | Address |
| Банково извлечение (≤90 дни) | Address |
| Удостоверение за актуално състояние (Current-State Certificate) | Good Standing |
| Sector-Specific License | БНБ лиценз (BNB — banking, payments, e-money), КФН лиценз (FSC — securities, insurance) |
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Free public search at portal.registryagency.bg; certified extract available for fee.
- Constitutive Documents: Filed with and retrievable from EPZEU; no notarisation required for OOD/EOOD.
- Tax Registration: NRA issues VAT certificate; UIC doubles as corporate income-tax identifier — no separate CIT certificate.
- Sector-Specific License: BNB for banks/payment institutions; FSC for investment firms, insurers, pension funds, and crypto-asset service providers.
- Governance Records: Extract lists all current managers and their representation authority (joint or several).
- Signing Authority: POA must be notarised; foreign POAs require apostille (Bulgaria is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention).
- Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
- Good Standing: Issued by the Registry Agency under the Ministry of Justice via the EPZEU portal. Reflects only data currently in force (name, ЕИК, seat, management, capital, status). Standard instrument requested by banks, notaries and counterparties. Request within 30 days of submission. Does not reflect outstanding tax liabilities — those are confirmed separately by NRA.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Управител (OOD/EOOD manager) | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Appointed manager with authority to legally bind the company. |
| Изпълнителен директор (AD executive director) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Executive board member with day-to-day management authority. |
| Член на Съвет на директорите (AD one-tier board member) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Governance board member; non-executive unless appointed executive director. |
| Член на Надзорен съвет (AD supervisory board member) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Supervisory board member in two-tier structure; no management role. |
| Член на Управителен съвет (AD two-tier management board member) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Management board member in two-tier structure; day-to-day authority. |
| Прокурист (commercial proxy) | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Registered proxy with general commercial-act authority to bind the company. |
Notes
- Single identifier: The UIC (ЕИК) is both the registration number and the corporate tax ID — there is no separate tax-registration certificate for corporate income tax. The VAT certificate (ЗДДС) is a distinct document issued only upon VAT registration.
- OOD without notarisation: Articles of Association for OOD/EOOD do not require notarial certification; this contrasts with many EU peers and can catch integrators expecting notarised founding docs.
- Euro conversion: Bulgaria adopted the euro on 2026-01-01 (BGN 1.95583 = EUR 1).
- New entity type: The Variable Capital Company (Дружество с променлив капитал / ДПК) legal framework entered into force 2023-08-05; registrations became possible 2024-12-15. May appear for startup/VC-backed entities.