What is “KD”?
KD stands for Komanditno društvo (Croatian), a limited partnership used primarily in Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia. The suffix signals that the business has mixed liability and is privately held.
Full meaning & translation
The full form is Komanditno društvo, a Croatian-language term. It translates literally as “Limited partnership.” You may also encounter it abbreviated or written as komanditna družba, komanditno druzhestvo, komanditno društvo, к.д..
Where it's used
KD appears in company names registered in the following 5 jurisdictions:
What it tells you about the company
Equivalent forms around the world
These are the closest structural equivalents to KD in other jurisdictions — same entity category, different national law.
Normalizing “KD” in your data
When matching or deduplicating company records, the legal suffix is noise — “Acme KD” 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 KD", "country": "bg"}'{
"data": {
"canonical": "acme kd",
"legal_type": null,
"tokens": [
"acme",
"kd"
]
},
"meta": {
"pipeline": [
"lowercase",
"legal_suffix"
],
"confidence": 0.99
}
}Frequently asked questions
What does KD stand for?
KD stands for Komanditno društvo (Croatian), which translates as "Limited partnership".
Is a KD public or private?
A KD is a private entity — its shares are not publicly listed or traded on a stock exchange.
What is the liability in a KD?
Liability in a KD is mixed. General partners bear unlimited liability while limited partners are protected up to their capital contribution.
Which countries use KD?
KD is used in Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and 1 other country.
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