What is “EAD”?
EAD stands for Еднолично акционерно дружество (Bulgarian), a public limited liability company used primarily in Bulgaria. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is eligible for public listing.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Еднолично акционерно дружество, a Bulgarian-language term. It translates literally as “Sole-shareholder joint-stock company.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as ednolichno aktsionerno druzhestvo, plc, еад, еднолично акционерно дружество.
Where it's used
EAD appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to EAD in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “EAD” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme EAD” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Acme EAD", "country": "bg"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme ead",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"ead"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does EAD stand for?
EAD stands for Еднолично акционерно дружество (Bulgarian), which translates as "Sole-shareholder joint-stock company".
Is a EAD public or private?
A EAD is a public entity — it can issue shares that are listed and traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a EAD?
Owners of a EAD have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.
Which countries use EAD?
EAD is used in Bulgaria.
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