Bulgarianprivate limited liabilitylimited liability

What is “EOOD”?

EOOD stands for Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност (Bulgarian), a private limited liability company used primarily in Bulgaria. The suffix signals that the business has limited liability and is privately held.

Full meaning & translation

The full form is Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност, a Bulgarian-language term. It translates literally as “sole proprietorship with limited liability.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as ednolichno druzhestvo s ogranichena otgovornost, ltd eood, srl eood, еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност.

Where it's used

EOOD appears in company names registered in the following jurisdiction:

BG · Bulgaria

What it tells you about the company

LiabilityOwners' liability is limited to their capital contribution. Personal assets are protected.
OwnershipPrivately held. Shares are not listed or traded on a public exchange.
ComparableBroadly equivalent to LLC in United States, Ltd in United Kingdom, Co in United States.

Equivalent forms around the world

These are the closest structural equivalents to EOOD in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.

CountryEquivalent suffix
United StatesLLC
United KingdomLtd
United StatesCo
GermanyGmbH
FranceSrl
FranceSAS
FranceEURL
United StatesGK
United StatesLC
United StatesLLLC
BulgariaOOD
FranceSASU
GermanyUG
United StatesТОО

Normalizing “EOOD” in your data

When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — Acme EOOD” and “Acme” should resolve to the same entity. One API call strips it and returns a stable canonical form:

Request
curl -X POST https://api.ambect.com/v1/normalize/company \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AMBECT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Acme EOOD", "country": "bg"}'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "canonical": "acme eood",
    "legal_type": null,
    "tokens": [
      "acme",
      "eood"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "pipeline": [
      "lowercase",
      "legal_suffix"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.99
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does EOOD stand for?

EOOD stands for Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност (Bulgarian), which translates as "sole proprietorship with limited liability".

Is a EOOD public or private?

A EOOD is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.

What is the liability in a EOOD?

Owners of a EOOD have limited liability. Their personal assets are protected, and their exposure is capped at the amount they invested.

Which countries use EOOD?

EOOD is used in Bulgaria.

Is a EOOD the same as a LLC?

Functionally comparable — both are private limited liability company forms — but they operate under different national laws with distinct formation, capital, and governance requirements.

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