LEI Lookup & GLEIF API: Batch LEI, Name, BIC & ISIN Search

LEI Lookup & GLEIF API: Batch LEI, Name, BIC & ISIN Search

Validate and enrich Legal Entity Identifiers in bulk from the official GLEIF API: by LEI, legal name, BIC, ISIN or registry number, with parent and child relationships.

Price: $0.002 per returned entity record. Invalid, not-found and error rows are free. You only pay for saved results. Set maxResults to cap the cost.

Quick start: GLEIF API and LEI lookup

1. Click Try for free, keep the prefilled input and press Start.
2. Or call it from code:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/clearpath-data~lei-lookup/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"leis": ["5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12", "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32", "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R13"], "names": ["Apple Inc.", "Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft"], "bics": ["DEUTDEFF"], "isins": ["US0378331005"]}'

Sample output: LEI data

input	status	lei	legalName	country
5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R13	invalid_input
5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12	found	5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12	Bloomberg Finance L.P.	US
W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32	found	W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	DE
DEUTDEFF	found	7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86	DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	DE
US0378331005	found	HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394	Apple Inc.	US

Sample rows: real output of test run on 2026-10-09, trimmed to a few columns. The invalid_input row was caught by the ISO 17442 checksum before any API call, so it was free.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
leis	array		20-character LEI codes, one per line (commas also work)
names	array		Legal names, one per line
bics	array		8- or 11-character BICs
isins	array		12-character ISINs of securities; returns the issuer's LEI record
registrationNumbers	array		Business register numbers exactly as the register writes them (e.g
nameMatching	string	"exact_then_similar"	With "Exact names only", inputs without an exact name match get a not_found row that lists the closest names.
maxCandidatesPerName	integer	3	How many rows to return when a name or registration number is ambiguous or only has similar matches
preferPrimaryRecord	boolean	true	If several records share the exact name but only one is an ACTIVE entity with an ISSUED LEI that is not a branch, return that one as found (
countries	array		2-letter ISO country codes, e.g
entityStatus	string	"ANY"	Whether the legal entity itself still exists.
registrationStatuses	array		Keep only LEIs in these registration statuses
includeDirectParent	boolean	true	Add the direct accounting-consolidating parent, or the reason none is reported (e.g
includeUltimateParent	boolean	true	Add the ultimate parent, or the reason none is reported
includeDirectChildren	boolean	false	Add the entities this one directly consolidates (LEI, name, country, statuses) and their total count
includeUltimateChildren	boolean	false	Add the entities for which this one is the ultimate parent, and their total count.
maxChildrenPerEntity	integer	100	Cap on listed children per record and type (max 1,000; GLEIF serves 200 per request)
maxRequestsPerMinute	integer	50	GLEIF allows 60 requests per minute per user
includeRawRecord	boolean	false	Add the full original GLEIF record attributes as rawRecord.

Use cases

• KYC/KYB onboarding: check that a counterparty's LEI is valid, issued and current before you onboard it.
• Data quality: validate LEI columns in bulk; malformed codes are caught by the ISO 17442 checksum and cost nothing.
• Ownership and group structure: pull direct and ultimate parents, or an entity's children, for group-level reporting.
• Identifier mapping: match legal names, BICs, ISINs or registry numbers to LEIs.

Integrations, schedules and AI agents

• Schedules: Schedule it to re-check a list of LEIs and catch lapsed or retired registrations. See Apify schedules.
• No-code tools: send results to Google Sheets, Slack or a CRM with Apify's Make, Zapier or n8n integrations, or a webhook when a run finishes.
• AI agents (MCP): connect an MCP client such as Claude Code or Cursor to https://mcp.apify.com?tools=clearpath-data/lei-lookup and the agent can run this Actor directly. See the Apify MCP server docs.

How much does it cost?

Plan	Price per LEI record
Free / Bronze	$0.002
Silver	$0.0016
Gold and above	$0.0012

Plus Apify's standard Actor-start event ($0.00005 per GB of memory).

Example: 1,000 found records on the Free plan cost $2.00.

FAQ

Where does the data come from? GLEIF's public API (CC0 licence).

Rate limits? GLEIF allows 60 requests per minute. The Actor stays under that and backs off automatically.

Ambiguous names? You get up to maxCandidatesPerName ranked candidates with a matchScore.

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