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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Bulgaria and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 9-digit code for legal entities; also serves as tax/BULSTAT ID. VAT number = “BG” + UIC (9 digits for legal entities; 10 digits for non-residents/natural persons). Branches receive 13-digit derivative. Registration number: 9-digit code for legal entities; also serves as tax/BULSTAT ID. VAT number = “BG” + UIC (9 digits for legal entities; 10 digits for non-residents/natural persons). Branches receive 13-digit derivative.

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Sector regulators

BNB · FSC

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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.

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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. Not applicable in Bulgaria: Operating Permit, Ownership Records. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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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.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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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.