Useful links
Hallo and welcome to Useful links page. This page has been designed by SKM with the purpose to provide you with some useful links and references to the websites of some of the most important Bulgarian financial and tax agencies, as well as to a few other popular local business websites. If you decide to visit any of these websites you will be able to check, for example, the current exchange rates of different currencies to the Bulgarian lev; to verify the legal status of your partners; to check your health insurance and social security status, etc.
Bulgarian Tax Administration
The following are government institutions playing a key role in regulating business activities in Bulgaria:
National Social Security Institute
National Health Insurance Fund
Commission for Personal Data Protection
Exchange rates
If you need to know what the official current exchange rates of different currencies to the Bulgarian lev are, or if you want to check certain historical exchange rates, you may visit the website of the Bulgarian National Bank by clicking here.
May be you already know that there is a Currency Board system operating in Bulgaria and the exchange rate of the Bulgarian lev is fixed to the Euro in a ratio of BGN 1.95583 for 1 Euro.
Bulgarian Commercial Register
Information about all Bulgarian companies may be found in the website of the Bulgarian Commercial Register. The Commercial Register is part of the Bulgarian Registry Agency. Through the website of the Commercial Register you may check the availability of a name for your new company or to verify the accuracy of the data posted for your company, or to obtain detailed information about your present or future partners inBulgaria. All this information is available for free.
The Commercial Register provides also the following information:
- Good Standing Certificates;
- Constituent documents, such as: Articles of Association, Memorandum of Incorporation, registered capital, minutes of the General Meetings of Partners/Shareholders, etc
- All published annual financial statements of the respective company;
- Any changes in the company’s management, address, capital, object of activity, and many other useful data.
If it is a problem for you to get information from the Commercial Register due to a language barrier (at present, the website of the Commercial Register is available in Bulgarian language only), you may get in touch with us and we will be happy to help you.
Health insurance status
If you use e-services of National Revenue Agency, you will be able to check your health insurance and social security status. No e-signature and registration are required. The service is available for free.
First, you should follow this link and then you should enter your Personal Identification Number or Foreigner’s Official Number issued by NRA, or your Foreigner’s Identification Number. As the page is only available in Bulgarian language, you may use Google Translate. It is not complicated at all. Try it!
Other useful links
The links to other Bulgarian websites provided herein below are intended to help you to get additional information for the following: the political system in the country; the macroeconomic framework of the country; financial and business information about Bulgaria; and other business and tax information.
Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency
Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
