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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Example API Responses

Data Sources

Bulgaria has two official registers, operated by the same Registry Agency and sharing one UIC numbering space. Each entity is served from the register that holds its full record, so a single lookup resolves automatically. Older traders may also have a legacy BULSTAT record, but their Commercial Register record is always the one used.

Trade Register (Търговски регистър). Operated by the Registry Agency (Агенция по вписванията) under the Ministry of Justice, the Trade Register is the official commercial register for traders and non-profit legal entities. It is our primary source for those entities, providing structured data for company identification, status, legal form, address, share capital, shareholders, legal representatives, supervisory board members, and UBOs.
BULSTAT register (Регистър БУЛСТАТ). Also operated by the Registry Agency, BULSTAT holds the entities that are not in the Commercial Register: civil-law partnerships (ДЗЗД / Дружество по ЗЗД), freelancers and self-employed professionals, foreign entities and branches, associations, foundations, community centres (читалища), cooperatives, and state/municipal institutions. When a UIC is not a Commercial-Register trader, we resolve it automatically from BULSTAT, returning the same structured company data (identity, registered seat, activity, status, management, and ownership participation) plus a Trade Register Extract. For a natural-person subject only the register-public correspondence address is returned; the register’s own masked fields are never surfaced.
Open Data (data.egov.bg). Bulk datasets published periodically by the Registry Agency on Bulgaria’s government Open Data portal. Contains historical deed filings with company data including status, legal form, address, capital, activity codes (NKID/NACE), legal representatives, and shareholders. Used for search and prefill profile (fast, pre-indexed lookups).

Open Data for fast lookups: The search and prefill profile use pre-indexed Open Data for sub-second response times. The company profile and UBO endpoints query the live Trade Register for the most current data.

Data Source Priority & Routing

A lookup first resolves which register holds the entity, then queries the right sources for it. The Commercial Register and BULSTAT share one UIC space, and the Commercial Register is asked first, so a trader that also has a legacy BULSTAT record still resolves from the Commercial Register.

Commercial-Register entity (traders and non-profit legal entities). The source depends on the mode:

Prefill mode. Served from the pre-indexed Open Data export for fast lookups. A company missing from the export falls back to a live Trade Register lookup.
Verification mode. Queried live from the Trade Register for the most current data, plus a VIES check of VAT registration. Open Data is not used.

The two sources are not merged: each mode returns the data of its own source.BULSTAT entity (civil-law partnerships, self-employed persons, foreign entities, associations, foundations, cooperatives, institutions) — resolved from a single live BULSTAT query. There is no Open Data layer for these entities, so the prefill profile and the company profile both come from the same live source.

Attribute-Level Source Mapping

Attribute	Prefill	Verification	Notes
Company name, legal form, status	Open Data	Trade Register	Registered deed data
Latin transliteration (`legalNameInEnglish`)	Open Data	Trade Register	From official transliteration field
Registered address	Open Data	Trade Register	Structured parsing of Bulgarian address format
Share capital	Open Data	Trade Register	Amount + currency (BGN, EUR, USD)
Activity description	Open Data	Trade Register	Bulgarian text description of business purpose
Activity codes (NKID/NACE/ISIC)	Open Data	Trade Register	Prefill: declared NKID with deterministic NACE/ISIC. Verification: NACE/ISIC inferred from the activity description, no NKID
Legal representatives	Open Data	Trade Register
Shareholders	Open Data	Trade Register	Partners (OOD) or sole owner (EOOD) with capital amounts
VAT validation (`taxId`)	-	VIES	Verification only
UBOs	Trade Register	Trade Register	Live-only (always fetched fresh); not available for BULSTAT entities

In prefill mode, a company missing from the Open Data export is served from a live Trade Register lookup instead.

The mapping above applies to Commercial-Register entities. A BULSTAT entity gets its identity, registered seat, activity, status, management, and ownership participation from the single live BULSTAT query — there is no Open Data layer and no UBO datapoint for these entities.

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Company Type	Register	Format	Example	Notes
All companies	Trade Register	9 digits (UIC/EIK)	`831094393`	Unified Identification Code, accepted for all endpoints
Branches	Trade Register	13 digits (UIC/EIK)	`0006940370018`	The parent’s 9-digit UIC followed by 4 more digits
Non-trader entities	BULSTAT	9 or 13 digits (UIC)	`103861777`	Civil-law partnerships, self-employed persons, foreign entities, associations, foundations, cooperatives, institutions

The UIC (Unified Identification Code), also known as EIK (Единен идентификационен код), is the primary identifier used across all endpoints. The Commercial Register and BULSTAT share this one numbering space, so you pass the same UIC regardless of which register holds the entity — routing to the right register is automatic. /v2/company accepts 9 or 13 digits only. To use a legacy 10-digit BULSTAT code, look it up with /v2/search, which returns the current UIC to pass to /v2/company. You can also search by VAT number using the BG prefix (e.g., BG831094393).

Identifiers in API Response

Once you retrieve company data, the identifiers object contains:

Identifier Type	Format	Example	Found In
`uic`	9 or 13 digits	`831094393`	All companies
`VAT`	9 digits	`831094393`	VAT-registered companies (via VIES check)

European Unique Identifier (EUID)

Eligible ООД, ЕООД, АД and ЕАД companies can return company.identifiers.euid in the format BGCOMREG. followed by their 9-digit UIC. Sole traders and BULSTAT-only entities are excluded. EUID is a response identifier, not a search key.

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is optional. It is returned when the EIK/UIC (uic) matches exactly one LEI through a GLEIF registration or validation reference. The Legal Entity Identifier has 20 uppercase alphanumeric characters, ending in two check digits. Coverage varies by entity. An absent lei does not prove that the company has no LEI. Lapsed, retired or merged LEIs may be returned; annulled LEIs are excluded.

Search Capabilities

Search Type	Pattern	Example	Match Type	Expected Results
By UIC/EIK (9 digits)	`^\d{9}$`	`831094393`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By UIC/EIK (13 digits)	`^\d{13}$`	`0006940370018`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By VAT Number	`^BG\d{9}$`	`BG831094393`	Exact	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
By Name (Cyrillic)	Cyrillic text	`ВИВАКОМ`	Fuzzy	Multiple results (up to 25)

Cyrillic gives the best name search results. Bulgarian company names are registered in Cyrillic script. Latin transliterations of company names also match companies in the pre-built index, but the live register fallbacks only match Cyrillic.

Search is free. Search queries do not incur any cost. Only prefill profile, company profile, UBO, and document retrieval are charged.

Address may be missing in name search results. Name searches return data from pre-indexed Open Data (change feeds since January 2021). Companies that have not filed an address change in that period will not have an address. The live Trade Register fallback for name search does not return addresses either. Use the company profile endpoint to get the current address.

Search Source Priority

Search queries use pre-built indexes, live registry lookups, and the BULSTAT register:

Pre-built index by ID. Fast lookup in pre-indexed Open Data for identifier-based searches
Pre-built index by name. Full-text search in pre-indexed Open Data for name-based searches
VAT number lookup. Validates VAT via EU VIES service, then searches by VIES-returned company name
Live Trade Register by name. Fallback to live API for name searches not found in index
Live Trade Register by ID. Fallback to live API for ID searches not found in index
BULSTAT by ID / name. Makes non-trader entities (civil-law partnerships, self-employed persons, foreign entities, associations, foundations) findable by UIC or Cyrillic name. Lower priority, so Commercial-Register results stream first and BULSTAT results follow.

Search streams results as each source resolves. Commercial-Register hits (fast, pre-indexed) return first; a BULSTAT-only entity surfaces a moment later. Once an entity has been retrieved via /v2/company, it is indexed and returns quickly on subsequent searches.

Active companies only

Search can return companies that are no longer active. activeOnly=true removes those whose status is known at search time; the others are kept. Trading companies are filtered, including those in liquidation or insolvency. Other registered entities (associations, foundations, civil partnerships, sole traders, foreign entities) are returned whatever their status.

Supported Entity Families

Entity Family	Supported	Notes
Companies	✅	ООД, ЕООД, АД, ЕАД, СД, КД, КДА, ЕДПК (all commercial legal forms)
Sole traders / entrepreneurs	✅	ЕТ (Едноличен търговец), 9-digit UIC
Associations / organisations	✅	Сдружение, Фондация, Народно читалище — from the Commercial Register or BULSTAT depending on registration
Non-trader entities (BULSTAT)	✅	Civil-law partnerships (ДЗЗД), freelancers / self-employed, foreign entities & branches, cooperatives, and state/municipal institutions — resolved from the BULSTAT register
Closed / dissolved entities	✅	Companies in liquidation, insolvency, or ceased. Status detected from deed codes and name text

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Cyrillic name search	Company names are registered in Cyrillic, and Cyrillic queries give the best results. Latin transliterations match companies in the pre-built index only; the live register fallbacks need Cyrillic.
Status from company name	Company status can be inferred from the company name itself (e.g., names containing “в ликвидация” or “в несъстоятелност”), which takes priority over the deed status code.
Capital in EUR	Since Bulgaria’s euro adoption (1 January 2026), share capital is reported in EUR. Partner holdings (`nominalCapitalHeld`) remain filed in BGN, so ownership percentages are derived from the sum of the BGN holdings — see Shareholders. Some legacy or foreign-invested filings may still show BGN or USD.
Latin transliteration	Many companies have an official Latin transliteration of their name registered in the Trade Register, returned as `legalNameInEnglish`. This is a transliteration, not a translation.
Shareholder availability	OOD (LLC) companies have multiple partners with share amounts. EOOD (Single-Member LLC) and single-member EAD (joint-stock) companies have a sole owner at 100% holding the full registered capital. KD (Limited Partnership) companies have general and limited partners. Multi-shareholder AD (joint-stock) companies do not disclose individual shareholders in the Trade Register. Entities with no share capital — ET (Sole Trader) and BULSTAT natural persons and non-profits — have no shareholder record: `shareholders` returns a `datapoint_not_applicable` error and the person/officers are returned under `legalRepresentatives`.
Former partners after conversion	A company that converted from a multi-partner OOD to a single-member EOOD keeps its former partner list on the register as a struck-through (ceased) record. Only the current sole owner is returned in `shareholders`. The prior partners are historical and are not included.
Activity codes by mode	The register-declared NKID code (with deterministic NACE and ISIC) comes from Open Data, so it is returned in prefill mode. The live Trade Register returns only a free-text activity description, so verification mode returns NACE and ISIC codes inferred from it (AI) and no NKID code.
Address in name search	Name search results use pre-indexed Open Data (change feeds since Jan 2021) or the live Summary endpoint as fallback, neither of which guarantees an address. ~77% of indexed companies have no address because they haven’t filed an address change in that period. The company profile endpoint always fetches the current address from the live Trade Register.
UBO data varies	UBO declarations are only available for companies that have filed beneficial ownership declarations. Not all companies have UBO filings.

Mappings

Company Status

Company status is determined deterministically from deed status codes and company name patterns. No AI inference is involved.

Deed Status Codes

Code	Bulgarian Status	English	Standardized Status	Closure Reason
A	Вписан	Registered	Active	-
N	Новорегистриран	Newly Registered	Active	-
E	Вписана промяна	Amended	Active	-
L	В ликвидация	In Liquidation	Closed	Liquidation
C	Прекратено	Ceased	Closed	Voluntary Dissolution

Status Detection from Company Name

When the company name contains specific keywords, the status is overridden regardless of the deed status code:

Name Pattern	English	Standardized Status	Closure Reason
в ликвидация	In Liquidation	Closed	Liquidation
в несъстоятелност	In Insolvency	Under Insolvency Proceeding	Bankruptcy
прекратено / заличен	Ceased / Struck Off	Closed	Administrative Dissolution

Company name patterns take priority over deed status codes. A company with deed status E (Amended) but “в ликвидация” in its name is correctly mapped as Closed with Liquidation as the closure reason.

BULSTAT Statuses

BULSTAT entities use the register’s own status labels instead of deed status codes:

Bulgarian Status	English	Standardized Status	Active
развиващ дейност	Carrying on activity	Active	`true`
неактивен	Inactive	Inactive (`INACTIVE_NOT_CLOSED`)	`false`
архивиран	Archived record	Inactive (`INACTIVE_NOT_CLOSED`)	`false`

Any other label is returned verbatim in localName with an UNKNOWN standardized status.

Legal Forms

Bulgaria uses numeric codes from the Trade Register, string codes from Open Data, and legal-form names from the BULSTAT register. The deterministic mapping covers every common Commercial-Register and BULSTAT legal form — including civil-law partnerships, cooperatives, associations, foundations, foreign entities, and state/municipal institutions — with the ISO 20275 (ELF) code taken from the official Bulgarian GLEIF list. For a rarer form outside the static map, the standardized type and ISO 20275 code are filled in by AI enrichment in verification mode only; in prefill mode the local Bulgarian name is returned verbatim without a standardized mapping. The local Bulgarian legal form name is always preserved verbatim in every mode.

Common Legal Forms

Bulgarian Name	Abbreviation	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Дружество с ограничена отговорност	ООД	Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company	VJ3G
Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност	ЕООД	Single-Member Limited Liability Company	Limited Liability Company	WVIN
Акционерно дружество	АД	Joint Stock Company	Corporation	WTK4
Еднолично акционерно дружество	ЕАД	Single-Member Joint Stock Company	Corporation	EJ06
Инвестиционно акционерно дружество	ИАД	Investment Joint Stock Company	Corporation	WTK4

Sole Traders

Bulgarian Name	Abbreviation	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Едноличен търговец	ЕТ	Sole Trader	Sole Proprietorship	946C

Sole trader (ЕТ) vs. self-employed natural person. Both are one-person operators standardized as Sole Proprietorship, but they come from two different registers and are distinguished by their local name:

Sole trader (Едноличен търговец, ЕТ) is a natural person registered as a trader in the Commercial Register — a registered one-person business (localName: "Едноличен търговец", ISO 20275 946C). The trader is returned under legalRepresentatives and, for a beneficial-ownership request, as the sole 100% beneficial owner.
Self-employed natural person (freelancer / free-profession practitioner — lawyer, notary, farmer, etc.) is not a trader and is held only in the BULSTAT register (localName: "Физическо лице", no ISO 20275 code, since the register states no legal form). It has no shareholders and no ultimate beneficial owners (both return a benign not-applicable response).

A given UIC is always served from exactly one register, so the two are never mixed. Our standardized enum has no dedicated “self-employed” value — Sole Proprietorship is the fleet-standard bucket for one-person operators (as with Estonia’s FIE) — so the register of origin and the local name carry the distinction.

Partnerships

Bulgarian Name	Abbreviation	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Събирателно дружество	СД	General Partnership	Partnership	FPP2
Командитно дружество	КД	Limited Partnership	Partnership	S94S
Командитно дружество с акции	КДА	Limited Partnership with Shares	Partnership	HN63

Cooperatives

Bulgarian Name	Abbreviation	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Кооперация	К	Cooperative	Cooperative	CTCH

Non-Profits & Public Entities

Bulgarian Name	Abbreviation	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Сдружение	Сдр	Association	Nonprofit Organization	-
Фондация	Ф	Foundation	Nonprofit Organization	UFG8
Народно читалище	НЧ	Community Center	Nonprofit Organization	-
Търговско предприятие на публичноправен субект	ТППД	Trading Enterprise of Public Law Entity	Government-Owned Entity	-

Branch Offices

Bulgarian Name	Abbreviation	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Клон на чуждестранен търговец	Клон / КЧТ	Branch of Foreign Trader	Branch or Representative Office	-
Клон на чуждестранно юридическо лице	КЧЮЛ	Branch of Foreign Legal Entity	Branch or Representative Office	-

Variable Capital Companies

Bulgarian Name	Abbreviation	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Еднолично дружество с променлив капитал	ЕДПК	Single-Member Variable Capital Company	Limited Liability Company	-

BULSTAT-only Forms

These forms are not held in the Commercial Register — they are resolved from the BULSTAT register:

Bulgarian Name	English Translation	Standardized	ISO 20275
Дружество по ЗЗД (ДЗЗД)	Civil-Law Partnership (Consortium)	Partnership	TCGV
Жилищностроителна кооперация	Housing Construction Cooperative	Cooperative	CTCH
Физическо лице	Natural person (self-employed)	Sole Proprietorship	-
Чуждестранно нефизическо лице с място на стопанска дейност	Foreign legal entity with a place of business	Branch or Representative Office	-
Чуждестранно лице	Foreign entity	Other	-
Детска градина / училище / община	Kindergarten / school / municipality	Government-Owned Entity	-

The deterministic mapping covers every common Commercial-Register and BULSTAT legal form, with the ISO 20275 (ELF) code taken from the official Bulgarian GLEIF list (only currently-active ELF codes are used). For a rarer form outside the static map, the standardized type and ISO 20275 code are filled in by AI enrichment in verification mode only; in prefill mode the local Bulgarian name is returned verbatim. The local Bulgarian legal form name is always preserved verbatim in every mode.

The most common Bulgarian legal forms are ООД (LLC, ~45% of active companies), ЕООД (Single-Member LLC, ~35%), ЕТ (Sole Trader, ~10%), and АД/ЕАД (Joint Stock, ~5%).

Legal Representatives

Appointments use the published role references for the Commercial Register and BULSTAT. The register’s representative fields establish an individual appointment; separate governance fields identify board and oversight memberships. Exact known labels have the same standardized value in live and cached results. An unspecified office on an established representative row is an Authorized Signatory; unknown generic management titles remain other key persons until a mandate is evidenced.

Bulgarian Role	English Translation	Standardized Role
Управител	Manager	Managing Director
Управител на клон	Branch Manager	Managing Director
Изпълнителен директор	Executive Director	Executive Director
Главен изпълнителен директор	Chief Executive Director	Chief Executive Officer
Председател на управителния съвет	Chairman of the Management Board	Chairman of the Board
Член на управителния съвет	Member of the Management Board	Board Member
Представител	Representative	Authorized Signatory
Прокурист	Procurator	Authorized Signatory
Ликвидатор	Liquidator	Liquidator
Синдик	Receiver / Trustee in Bankruptcy	Receiver
Председател	Chairman	Chairman
Президент	President	President
Зам. председател	Deputy Chairman	Vice Chairman of the Board
Едноличен търговец	Sole Trader	Owner

These representative values apply to a source-established capacity, rather than to every occurrence of the title. Corporate and individual holders retain their identity. Recorded manner-of-representation text is preserved in signingPowers.localText; an unambiguous individual or joint condition can also populate representationMode. Missing or alternative conditions do not imply a sole signature.

Commercial Act Article 235 provides collective director/management-board representation by default unless the articles provide otherwise, and also permits registered delegated representatives. Board membership alone does not establish the applicable current articles, full-board signature rule or an individual mandate. Unmandated board appointments remain in otherKeyPersons; their classification does not deny exceptional or collective capacity. Liquidator and procuration powers also have statutory and recorded conditions.

Other Key Persons

Separate board, supervisory, audit and control appointments use the other-key-person vocabulary. The same title may have a different value when the record establishes an individual representation grant. A name appearing in the representative roster is excluded from the live board-only list. Public XML records also distinguish representatives of entities in the ownership chain from direct representatives of the subject company.

Bulgarian Role	English Translation	Standardized Role
Член на Съвета на директорите	Board of Directors Member	Board Member
Член на управителния съвет	Management Board Member	Board Member
Член на надзорния съвет	Supervisory Board Member	Supervisory Board Member
Председател на надзорния съвет	Chairman of the Supervisory Board	Supervisor
Председател на управителния съвет	Chairman of the Management Board	Chairman of the Board
Зам. председател	Deputy Chairman	Vice Chairman of the Board
Контрольор	Controller / Auditor	Auditor
Член на проверителната комисия	Verification Commission Member	Auditor
Член на настоятелството	Board of Trustees Member	Board Member
Председател	Chairman	Chairman of the Board
Член	Member	Board Member
Изпълнителен директор	Executive Director, unmandated body context	C-Level Executive
Главен изпълнителен директор	Chief Executive Director, unmandated body context	C-Level Executive
Друга длъжност	Other Position	Other
Представител на дружество в собствеността	Representative of an ownership entity	Other

The reference list covers the known source vocabulary and observed labels; the registers return free text and do not publish a complete closed title classifier. Older cached XML appointments may lack the original field context, and a change-feed record can omit an unchanged current representative. Current live representative fields remain the stronger source for those cases.

Shareholders

Shareholders are extracted from the Trade Register for OOD, EOOD, KD, and single-member EAD entities. Multi-shareholder AD (joint-stock) companies do not disclose their individual shareholders in the Bulgarian Trade Register. Entities with no share capital — ET (sole traders) and BULSTAT natural persons (freelancers / self-employed) and non-profits (associations, foundations) — have no shareholders: the shareholders datapoint returns an explicit not-applicable response (at no charge) and the person or officers are returned under legalRepresentatives instead.

Extraction Logic

Legal Form	Source	Data Available
ООД (LLC)	Partners list	Multiple shareholders with nominal capital held and share percentage
ЕООД (Single-Member LLC)	Sole owner	Single shareholder at 100%, holding the full registered capital (`nominalCapitalHeld`)
ЕАД (Single-Member Joint Stock)	Sole owner	Single shareholder at 100%, holding the full registered capital (`nominalCapitalHeld`)
ЕТ (Sole Trader)	— (no share capital)	Not applicable — no shareholders; the trader is returned under `legalRepresentatives`
КД (Limited Partnership)	General + limited partners	General partners (unlimited liability) and limited partners
АД (multi-shareholder Joint Stock)	-	Not available (individual shareholders not disclosed in Trade Register)
ДЗЗД (Civil-Law Partnership, BULSTAT)	Participants list	Partners with participation percentage where the register states it
BULSTAT natural persons (freelancers / self-employed)	— (no share capital)	Not applicable — no shareholders; the person is returned under `legalRepresentatives`
Non-profits (Сдружение, Фондация, читалище)	— (no share capital)	Not applicable — no shareholders; officers are returned under `legalRepresentatives`

Ownership Fields

Field	Description	Notes
`sharePercentage`	Ownership percentage	Each partner’s share of the total holdings (see note below)
`nominalCapitalHeld`	Absolute capital held	Amount as filed in the register — partner holdings are in BGN

Since Bulgaria’s euro adoption (1 January 2026), the register reports the company’s share capital in EUR while partner holdings remain filed in BGN. Ownership percentages are therefore derived from the sum of the partners’ BGN holdings (no currency conversion), so they always total 100%. The held amounts (nominalCapitalHeld) are returned in their filed currency (BGN); the company-level capital is the register’s EUR figure. For a single-member company (ЕООД), the sole owner holds the entire registered capital, so their nominalCapitalHeld equals the company’s registered capital (the EUR figure). A sole trader (ЕТ) has no registered capital, so the field is omitted.

Both individual and corporate shareholders are supported. Corporate shareholders include the company’s legal name, registration number (when available), and country code. Foreign corporate shareholders are identified by markers in the registry text.

Activity Code Mapping

Bulgaria uses the NKID (Национална класификация на икономическите дейности) classification, which is Bulgaria’s national transposition of the European NACE Rev. 2 standard.

NKID (Bulgarian) -> NACE Rev. 2.1 (European) -> ISIC Rev. 5 (International)

Classification	Source	Example	AI Inferred?
NKID	Open Data (official)	`6201`	No
NACE	Derived from NKID (identical structure)	`62.10`	No (formal mapping)
ISIC	Derived from NACE via UN correspondence table	`621`	No (formal mapping)
NACE	AI-inferred from activity description	`62.01`	Yes (verification mode)
ISIC	AI-inferred from activity description	`6201`	Yes (verification mode)

One code in, one code out. You get one NACE and one ISIC code per declared NKID code. Where a NKID code has no single equivalent in the target revision, the shared parent class is returned rather than every candidate — see One code in, one code out. Main activity. The Open Data NKID code is the register’s declared main activity (основна дейност), so it carries isMainActivity: true, and the NACE and ISIC codes derived from it inherit the flag. AI-inferred codes from the free-text activity description do not carry the flag.

In prefill mode, the NKID code comes from Open Data and the full NKID → NACE → ISIC chain is deterministic (no AI). In verification mode, the live Trade Register returns only the free-text activity description, so NACE and ISIC codes are AI-inferred from it and no NKID code is returned. An prefill lookup for a company missing from Open Data falls back to the live register and returns no activity codes. Check the isAIInferred flag on each activity code to distinguish.

Establishments

establishments returns branches recorded in the Commercial Register in both prefill and verification mode. Names, branch codes, addresses, closure status, and closure dates are returned where published. Branch codes are local to the parent company. Closed branches may be included with active: false. An empty list means no branches are listed, rather than proving the company has no other operating sites. For entities registered only in BULSTAT, this datapoint returns datapoint_not_applicable: the public subject report does not provide an establishments list.

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Data Type	Open Data (Pre-indexed)	Trade Register (Live)	Notes
Prefill Profile	✅ Fast	✅ Fallback	Pre-indexed for sub-second response
Company Profile	❌	✅	Verification mode queries the live register only
Legal Representatives	✅	✅	Open Data in prefill, live in verification
Other Key Persons	✅	✅	Supervisory board, auditors, controllers
Establishments	❌	✅	Registered branches, queried live in both modes; not applicable for BULSTAT-only entities
Shareholders	✅	✅	OOD/EOOD + single-member EAD; multi-shareholder AD not disclosed; not applicable for no-capital entities (ET, BULSTAT natural persons/non-profits)
Ultimate Beneficial Owners	❌	✅	Live-only (always fetched fresh); not applicable for BULSTAT-only entities
Activity Codes	✅	✅ AI-inferred	NKID with deterministic NACE/ISIC from Open Data; live data gives AI-inferred NACE/ISIC only
Activity Description	✅	✅	Free-text description of business purpose
VAT Validation (taxId)	-	✅ (via VIES)	EU VAT verification with consultation number
Documents	-	✅	Trade Register Extract + conditional documents

Legend: ✅ Available | ❌ Not Available

The matrix above describes Commercial-Register entities. BULSTAT-only entities (civil-law partnerships, self-employed persons, foreign entities, associations, foundations, cooperatives, institutions) are resolved from a single live BULSTAT query — Open Data does not cover them. They return identity, registered seat, activity, status, management, and (where applicable) ownership participation, plus a Trade Register Extract. Ultimate beneficial owners are not applicable for BULSTAT-only entities, and personal data is anonymised by the register, so legal-representative and key-person street addresses are not returned.

Documents by Company Type

Document Type	API Category	Format	Availability
Trade Register Extract	`tradeRegisterExtract`	PDF	✅ All companies
Articles of Association	`articlesOfAssociation`	PDF	Conditional
Financial Statements	`financialStatements`	PDF	Conditional

The Trade Register Extract is always available for any registered company — for a Commercial-Register entity it is an extract of the trade-register record, and for a BULSTAT-only entity it is a printable extract of the BULSTAT detail page. Articles of Association and Financial Statements are available only when a Commercial-Register company has filed them with the registry (they are not offered for BULSTAT-only entities). Additional document types (shareholder meeting notices, transformation plans, insolvency documents) may be available depending on the company’s filing history. They are listed under officialPublications or otherDocuments. See the pricing page for document pricing.

Conditional Document Types

The following additional documents may be available depending on the company’s filing history:

Category	Documents
Financial	Annual Financial Statement, Annual Activity Report, Management Board Report
Corporate Actions	New Share Subscription Invitation, Capital Increase Resolution, Shareholder Privileges Resolution, Share Buyback Proposal
Official Publications	Shareholders Meeting Notice, Bondholders Meeting Notice, Bond Loan Notice, Minority Shareholders Proposal
Transformation	Transformation Plan, Transformation Board Report
Insolvency	Accepted Claims List, Distribution Account Notice, Foreign Creditor Summons, Court Order on Accepted Claims
Non-Profit	NFPO Members Meeting Notice, NFPO Registration Changes

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "123456789", "countryCode": "BG", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] }

Active OOD (Limited Liability Company) with Shareholders

{
  "company": {
    "id": "123456789",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "123456789", "VAT": "123456789" },
    "legalName": "ПРИМЕРНА КОМПАНИЯ ООД",
    "legalNameInEnglish": "PRIMERNA KOMPANIYA",
    "status": { "localName": "Вписана промяна", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Дружество с ограничена отговорност (ООД)", "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "iso20275Code": "VJ3G" },
    "capital": { "amount": 51129.19, "currency": "EUR" },
    "activityDescription": "Търговия на дребно с хранителни стоки, консултантска дейност",
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "бул. Витоша № 100", "city": "София", "postalCode": "1000", "countryCode": "BG" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Управител", "englishTranslation": "Manager", "standardized": "Managing Director" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ИВАНОВ ПЕТЪР ГЕОРГИЕВ" } } }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "sharePercentage": 60, "nominalCapitalHeld": { "amount": 60000, "currency": "BGN" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ИВАНОВ ПЕТЪР ГЕОРГИЕВ" } } },
    { "entityId": "company_001", "type": "company", "sharePercentage": 40, "nominalCapitalHeld": { "amount": 40000, "currency": "BGN" }, "company": { "legalName": "ПАРТНЬОР ХОЛДИНГ ГмбХ", "id": "FN524697", "countryCode": "AT" } }
  ]
}

Active EOOD (Single-Member LLC) with Sole Owner

{
  "company": {
    "id": "987654321",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "987654321", "VAT": "987654321" },
    "legalName": "ТЕХНОЛОГИИ БЪЛГАРИЯ ЕООД",
    "legalNameInEnglish": "TEHNOLOGII BULGARIA",
    "status": { "localName": "Вписана промяна", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност (ЕООД)", "englishTranslation": "Single-Member Limited Liability Company", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "iso20275Code": "WVIN" },
    "capital": { "amount": 25564.59, "currency": "EUR" },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "ул. Раковски № 50", "city": "Пловдив", "postalCode": "4000", "countryCode": "BG" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Управител", "englishTranslation": "Manager", "standardized": "Managing Director" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ДИМИТРОВА МАРИЯ СТЕФАНОВА" } } }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    { "entityId": "company_001", "type": "company", "sharePercentage": 100, "nominalCapitalHeld": { "amount": 25564.59, "currency": "EUR" }, "company": { "legalName": "ПАРЕНТ КОРП С.А.Р.Л.", "id": "B145882", "countryCode": "LU" } }
  ]
}

Active ET (Sole Trader)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "201234567",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "201234567" },
    "legalName": "СЧЕТОВОДНА КЪЩА - ПЕТЪР ИВАНОВ ЕТ",
    "legalNameInEnglish": "SCHETOVODNA KASHTA - PETAR IVANOV",
    "status": { "localName": "Вписан", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Едноличен търговец (ЕТ)", "englishTranslation": "Sole Trader", "standardized": "Sole Proprietorship", "iso20275Code": "946C" },
    "activityDescription": "Счетоводни услуги, търговска и транспортна дейност",
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "ул. Хан Аспарух № 12", "city": "Пловдив", "postalCode": "4000", "countryCode": "BG" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Едноличен търговец", "englishTranslation": "Sole Trader", "standardized": "Owner" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ПЕТЪР ГЕОРГИЕВ ИВАНОВ" } } }
  ]
}

Note: A sole trader (ЕТ) is a natural person trading under a business name, with no share capital. The shareholders datapoint is therefore not applicable — it returns a benign not-applicable response (at no charge) rather than a fabricated record. The trader is returned under legalRepresentatives, and, where a beneficial-ownership datapoint is requested, as the sole 100% beneficial owner.

Active KD (Limited Partnership) with Partners

{
  "company": {
    "id": "202345678",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "202345678" },
    "legalName": "КАПИТАЛ ПАРТНЪРС - ИВАНОВ И СИЕ КД",
    "status": { "localName": "Вписан", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Командитно дружество (КД)", "englishTranslation": "Limited Partnership", "standardized": "Partnership", "iso20275Code": "S94S" },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "бул. Христо Ботев № 79", "city": "София", "postalCode": "1303", "countryCode": "BG" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Управител", "englishTranslation": "Manager", "standardized": "Managing Director" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ИВАНОВ ГЕОРГИ ПЕТРОВ" } } }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    { "entityId": "company_001", "type": "company", "company": { "legalName": "КАПИТАЛ ХОЛДИНГ ЕООД", "id": "175000001", "countryCode": "BG" } },
    { "entityId": "person_002", "type": "individual", "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ФРАНЦ МЮЛЕР" } } }
  ]
}

Note: A limited partnership (КД) has at least one general partner (unlimited liability, listed first) and one or more limited partners (liability capped at their contribution). Partners can be individuals or companies, and either type can be foreign. КД partners are returned without a sharePercentage, because the register records partner roles rather than share amounts.

Active EAD (Single-Member Joint Stock Company)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "111222333",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "111222333", "VAT": "111222333" },
    "legalName": "ТЕЛЕКОМ БЪЛГАРИЯ ЕАД",
    "status": { "localName": "Вписана промяна", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Еднолично акционерно дружество (ЕАД)", "englishTranslation": "Single-Member Joint Stock Company", "standardized": "Corporation", "iso20275Code": "EJ06" },
    "capital": { "amount": 766937.61, "currency": "EUR" },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "бул. Цариградско шосе № 111", "city": "София", "postalCode": "1784", "countryCode": "BG" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Изпълнителен директор", "englishTranslation": "Executive Director", "standardized": "Executive Director" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ГЕОРГИЕВ АЛЕКСАНДЪР НИКОЛАЕВ" } } }
  ],
  "otherKeyPersons": [
    { "entityId": "person_002", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Член на Съвета на директорите", "englishTranslation": "Board of Directors Member", "standardized": "Board Member" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "СТОЯНОВА ЕЛЕНА ПЕТРОВА" } } },
    { "entityId": "person_003", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Член на Съвета на директорите", "englishTranslation": "Board of Directors Member", "standardized": "Board Member" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ПЕТКОВ МАРТИН АНГЕЛОВ" } } }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    { "entityId": "company_001", "type": "company", "sharePercentage": 100, "nominalCapitalHeld": { "amount": 766937.61, "currency": "EUR" }, "company": { "legalName": "ХОЛДИНГ ГРУП АД", "id": "831000001", "countryCode": "BG" } }
  ]
}

Note: A single-member joint-stock company (ЕАД) discloses its sole owner, returned in shareholders at 100% with the full registered capital. Multi-shareholder AD companies do not disclose individual shareholders. Board members are returned in otherKeyPersons. This example shows a one-tier Board of Directors (Съвет на директорите); two-tier companies instead have a Management Board (Управителен съвет) plus a Supervisory Board (Надзорен съвет). A board member who also represents the company (the Executive Director above) is returned once, under legalRepresentatives.

Closed Company (In Liquidation)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "444555666",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "444555666", "VAT": "444555666" },
    "legalName": "СТАРА ФИРМА ООД - в ликвидация",
    "status": { "localName": "В ликвидация", "active": false, "statusDetails": { "status": "CLOSED", "closureReason": "LIQUIDATION" } },
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Дружество с ограничена отговорност (ООД)", "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company", "standardized": "Limited Liability Company", "iso20275Code": "VJ3G" },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "ул. Шипка № 25", "city": "Варна", "postalCode": "9000", "countryCode": "BG" }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Ликвидатор", "englishTranslation": "Liquidator", "standardized": "Liquidator" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "НИКОЛОВ ДИМИТЪР ИВАНОВ" } } }
  ]
}

Note: Companies in liquidation have a Ликвидатор (Liquidator) as legal representative instead of the regular Управител (Manager). The company name itself contains “в ликвидация” (in liquidation).

UBO Response

Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "123456789", "countryCode": "BG", "dataPoints": ["ultimateBeneficialOwners"] }

{
  "ultimateBeneficialOwners": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "name": { "fullName": "ИВАНОВ ПЕТЪР ГЕОРГИЕВ" } },
    { "entityId": "person_002", "name": { "fullName": "ДИМИТРОВА МАРИЯ СТЕФАНОВА" } }
  ]
}

Note: UBO data is fetched live from the Commercial Register beneficial-ownership declarations. Not all companies have UBO filings, so the field may be absent if no declaration has been filed. Beneficial ownership is a Commercial-Register concept: for entities held only in the BULSTAT register (civil-law partnerships, self-employed persons, foreign entities, associations, and foundations) the ultimateBeneficialOwners datapoint returns a benign not-applicable response (at no charge) — a self-employed person is never synthesised as their own beneficial owner. A sole trader (ЕТ), by contrast, is a Commercial-Register entity whose trader is legitimately returned as the sole 100% beneficial owner.

Available Documents

Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "123456789", "countryCode": "BG", "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"] }

{
  "documents": {
    "tradeRegisterExtract": {
      "id": "<document-id>",
      "name": "Trade Register Extract",
      "format": "pdf"
    },
    "articlesOfAssociation": [
      {
        "id": "<document-id>",
        "name": "Articles of Association",
        "format": "pdf"
      }
    ],
    "financialStatements": [
      {
        "id": "<document-id>",
        "name": "Annual Financial Statement 2024",
        "format": "pdf",
        "period": { "startDate": { "year": 2024, "month": 1, "day": 1 }, "endDate": { "year": 2024, "month": 12, "day": 31 } }
      },
      {
        "id": "<document-id>",
        "name": "Annual Financial Statement 2023",
        "format": "pdf",
        "period": { "startDate": { "year": 2023, "month": 1, "day": 1 }, "endDate": { "year": 2023, "month": 12, "day": 31 } }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Note: The Trade Register Extract is always available. Articles of Association and Financial Statements are conditional, only listed when the company has filed them with the registry.

BULSTAT Entity — Civil-Law Partnership (ДЗЗД)

Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "175883961", "countryCode": "BG", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives", "shareholders"] }

{
  "company": {
    "id": "175883961",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "175883961" },
    "legalName": "ДЗЗД ОБЕДИНЕНИЕ ПЪТИЩА",
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Дружество по ЗЗД (ДЗЗД)", "englishTranslation": "Civil-Law Partnership (Consortium)", "standardized": "Partnership", "iso20275Code": "TCGV" },
    "status": { "localName": "развиващ дейност", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "гр. София, ул. Оборище № 5", "city": "София", "countryCode": "BG" },
    "activityDescription": "Строителство на пътища и магистрали"
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "role": { "localName": "Представляващ", "englishTranslation": "Representative", "standardized": "Authorized Signatory" }, "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "ГЕОРГИЕВ ИВАН ПЕТРОВ" } } }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    { "entityId": "company_001", "type": "company", "sharePercentage": 50, "company": { "legalName": "ПЪТСТРОЙ ЕООД", "id": "131234567" } },
    { "entityId": "company_002", "type": "company", "sharePercentage": 50, "company": { "legalName": "МАГИСТРАЛИ АД", "id": "121987654" } }
  ]
}

Note: A civil-law partnership (ДЗЗД) is held only in the BULSTAT register — it is resolved automatically when the UIC is not a Commercial-Register trader. Unlike sole traders and self-employed persons, a ДЗЗД has participating members, so shareholders returns them (with participation percentage where the register states it). Note there is no VAT identifier: it is only added when a VIES check confirms the entity is VAT-registered. Identifiers, values, and names above are illustrative.

BULSTAT Entity — Self-Employed Natural Person

Query: POST /v2/company with

{ "id": "112233445", "countryCode": "BG", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives", "shareholders", "ultimateBeneficialOwners"] }

{
  "company": {
    "id": "112233445",
    "countryCode": "BG",
    "identifiers": { "uic": "112233445" },
    "legalName": "МАРИЯ ИВАНОВА ДИМИТРОВА",
    "legalForm": { "localName": "Физическо лице", "englishTranslation": "Natural person (self-employed)", "standardized": "Sole Proprietorship" },
    "status": { "localName": "развиващ дейност", "active": true, "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" } },
    "legalAddress": { "addressLine1": "гр. Пловдив", "city": "Пловдив", "countryCode": "BG" },
    "activityDescription": "Адвокатска дейност"
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    { "entityId": "person_001", "type": "individual", "individual": { "name": { "fullName": "МАРИЯ ИВАНОВА ДИМИТРОВА" } } }
  ],
  "request": {
    "dataStatus": {
      "dataPoints": {
        "shareholders": {
          "status": "failed",
          "error": { "code": "datapoint_not_applicable", "retryable": false }
        },
        "ultimateBeneficialOwners": {
          "status": "failed",
          "error": { "code": "datapoint_not_applicable", "retryable": false }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: A self-employed natural person (freelancer / free-profession practitioner) is held only in BULSTAT and is not a sole trader (ЕТ) — sole traders live in the Commercial Register. Both standardize as Sole Proprietorship; they are distinguished by the local name (Физическо лице vs Едноличен търговец) and the register of origin. The person has no share capital, so both shareholders and ultimateBeneficialOwners complete as failed with the datapoint_not_applicable error code in request.dataStatus.dataPoints rather than a fabricated record. See Sole Entrepreneurs & Non-Profits. There is no VAT identifier or taxId unless a VIES check confirms VAT registration. BULSTAT anonymises personal data, so only the register-public correspondence locality is returned, not a full street address. Identifiers, values, and names above are illustrative.

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Bulgaria coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Data Source Priority & Routing

​Attribute-Level Source Mapping

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​European Unique Identifier (EUID)

​Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

​Search Capabilities

​Search Source Priority

​Active companies only

​Supported Entity Families

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Company Status

​Deed Status Codes

​Status Detection from Company Name

​BULSTAT Statuses

​Legal Forms

​Common Legal Forms

​Sole Traders

​Partnerships

​Cooperatives

​Non-Profits & Public Entities

​Branch Offices

​Variable Capital Companies

​BULSTAT-only Forms

​Legal Representatives

​Other Key Persons

​Shareholders

​Extraction Logic

​Ownership Fields

​Activity Code Mapping

​Establishments

​Data Availability

​Data Availability Matrix

​Documents by Company Type

​Example API Responses

Start here

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Data Source Priority & Routing

Attribute-Level Source Mapping

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

European Unique Identifier (EUID)

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Search Capabilities

Search Source Priority

Active companies only

Supported Entity Families

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Deed Status Codes

Status Detection from Company Name

BULSTAT Statuses

Legal Forms

Common Legal Forms

Sole Traders

Partnerships

Cooperatives

Non-Profits & Public Entities

Branch Offices

Variable Capital Companies

BULSTAT-only Forms

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Extraction Logic

Ownership Fields

Activity Code Mapping

Establishments

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

Example API Responses