# Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI) (`alaudinburki/company-registry-search`) Actor

Search 2.5 million registered legal entities across every country and get flat rows — legal name, LEI, address, status and registration details. Free public registry, no key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alaudinburki/company-registry-search.md
- **Developed by:** [alaudin burki](https://apify.com/alaudinburki) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI)

Search **2.5 million registered legal entities across every country** and get flat rows — legal name,
LEI, address, entity status, registration status and renewal dates. One public registry, no API key,
no per-country integration.

### Why this registry

The alternatives all need a key per user and a build per country: **UK Companies House returns 401**
unauthenticated, **OpenCorporates returns 401**, and national registries each have their own shape.
**GLEIF answers a plain request** and covers the world — which is why this is one Actor instead of
fifty.

### What you get

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `id` | The LEI, prefixed — `lei:5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12` |
| `legalName` | Registered legal name |
| `status` | Entity status — `ACTIVE`, `INACTIVE` … |
| `legalForm`, `jurisdiction` | Legal form code and jurisdiction |
| `country`, `city`, `region`, `postalCode` | Registered address |
| `registrationStatus`, `registrationAuthority` | Registration state and managing LOU |
| `initialRegistration`, `lastUpdate`, `nextRenewal` | Registration dates |
| `firstSeenAt`, `scrapedAt` | When it first appeared, and when this run read it |

### Sample output

```json
{ "id": "lei:529900YDAG61JYILJZ53", "legalName": "Siemens",
  "country": "ZA", "city": "Midrand", "status": "ACTIVE",
  "legalForm": "8888", "jurisdiction": "ZA" }
```

### Default input

Runs with no editing: `{"query": "Siemens"}`. Add a **Country filter** (`PK`, `US`, `AE`, `KE`) to
narrow it.

### Limitations

- **GLEIF covers entities that have or applied for an LEI**, which means most mid-size and large
  organisations and fewer micro-businesses. It is not a full company register.
- **No financials, directors or filings** — that is Companies House, OpenCorporates or SEC territory,
  each with its own key.
- Company names match as the registry stores them, so a trading name may not be found.
- Optional `country` filter uses the registered address country, not the jurisdiction.

### Pricing

Pay per result — charged for rows returned, not for the run.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Legal name to search for, e.g. "Siemens". Partial names match.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional two-letter country code, e.g. PK, US, AE, KE.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many entities.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many pages of 100.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Siemens",
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPages": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per item, with the 14 fields listed under Views.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "Siemens"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alaudinburki/company-registry-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "query": "Siemens" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alaudinburki/company-registry-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Siemens"
}' |
apify call alaudinburki/company-registry-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alaudinburki/company-registry-search"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ANFvJ2DghofXWHrFP/builds/D6U9UKwTokqem8Gpw/openapi.json