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