What is “ET”?
ET stands for Едноличен търговец (Bulgarian), a sole proprietorship used primarily in Bulgaria. The suffix signals that the business has unlimited liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Едноличен търговец, a Bulgarian-language term. It translates literally as “Individual merchant.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as ednolichen turgovetz, едноличен търговец, ет.
Where it's used
ET 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 ET in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “ET” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme ET” 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 ET", "country": "bg"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme et",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"et"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does ET stand for?
ET stands for Едноличен търговец (Bulgarian), which translates as "Individual merchant".
Is a ET public or private?
A ET is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a ET?
Members of a ET have unlimited personal liability — they can be held responsible for the entity's debts beyond their initial investment.
Which countries use ET?
ET is used in Bulgaria.
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