# Company Lookup by Name or LEI: Entity, Address, Parent (GLEIF) (`gouda_studios/gleif-company-lei-lookup`) Actor

Look up any company by name or LEI in GLEIF's official global registry. Get the legal name, LEI, status, addresses, jurisdiction and direct and ultimate parent companies. Ideal for KYC, vendor checks and data enrichment.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gouda_studios/gleif-company-lei-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Gouda Studios](https://apify.com/gouda_studios) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 companies

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Company Lookup by Name or LEI: Legal Entity, Address, Parent (GLEIF)

Verify companies worldwide from the official GLEIF LEI API: legal name, status, jurisdiction, registration number, legal and HQ address, direct and ultimate parent. KYB and enrichment for 2.9M+ entities.

### For AI agents and developers

Agent-ready docs, pricing, an OpenAPI spec and example calls for this tool live on [Gouda Studios Agent Tools](https://gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app/tools/gleif-company-lei-lookup/). The full catalog is at [gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app](https://gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app) and [llms.txt](https://gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app/llms.txt).

### Who uses it

- KYB/onboarding and compliance checks
- CRM and lead enrichment with verified legal names, addresses and parents
- AI agents that must confirm a company exists and who owns it

### Output (one row per company)

query, lei, legalName, otherNames, status, registrationStatus, category, legalFormId, jurisdiction, registeredAs, registrationAuthorityId, legalAddress, headquartersAddress, entityCreatedAt, initialRegistrationDate, lastUpdateDate, nextRenewalDate, bic, successorLei, directParent, ultimateParent, url

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.003 per company row ($3 per 1,000)**. No platform usage is added on top, and you are never charged for rows you don't get. Set `maxResults` to cap your spend.

### For AI agents

- Call through the Apify API, the Apify MCP server (mcp.apify.com), or agentic payments (x402 / MPP prepaid token, Skyfire). No Apify account is required for agentic payments.
- Runs with **limited permissions** and no Standby. It only touches its own storages.
- Looks up legal entities worldwide in the official GLEIF Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) database and returns one JSON row per matched company with legal name, status, address, registration number and parent companies. Example: {"companyNames":\["Apple Inc."],"country":"US"} or {"leis":\["HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"]}. Pricing: $0.003 per company row.
- Every input is optional except what you need to define the search. Unknown names or IDs are logged and skipped; the run still succeeds.
- Output is a flat JSON dataset; read it with `GET /v2/datasets/{datasetId}/items?format=json`. `RUN_SUMMARY` in the key-value store gives the row count.

### Data source

Official GLEIF API (api.gleif.org), public and keyless; GLEIF data is published under CC0.

### Disclaimer

Public government/regulatory data provided as-is. Not affiliated with the data publisher. Check the original record (link in each row) before relying on it.

# Actor input Schema

## `companyNames` (type: `array`):

Legal names to look up, e.g. \["Apple Inc.","Siemens AG"]. Exact legal name match first, then fuzzy full-text.

## `leis` (type: `array`):

Optional 20-character LEIs to fetch directly.

## `registrationNumbers` (type: `array`):

Optional company-registry numbers as reported to GLEIF (registeredAs), e.g. a UK Companies House number.

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

Optional ISO 2-letter country of the legal address, e.g. US, GB, DE. Improves name matching.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

true (default) = skip lapsed/inactive entities for name and registration searches.

## `maxMatchesPerName` (type: `integer`):

How many candidate entities to return per name or registration number (1-50).

## `includeParents` (type: `boolean`):

true (default) = add direct and ultimate parent (LEI, name, country) where reported.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum rows overall (1-5000). You pay per row: 100 rows = $0.30.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companyNames": [
    "Apple Inc."
  ],
  "leis": [],
  "registrationNumbers": [],
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxMatchesPerName": 3,
  "includeParents": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "companyNames": [
        "Apple Inc."
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gouda_studios/gleif-company-lei-lookup").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 = { "companyNames": ["Apple Inc."] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gouda_studios/gleif-company-lei-lookup").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 '{
  "companyNames": [
    "Apple Inc."
  ]
}' |
apify call gouda_studios/gleif-company-lei-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gouda_studios/gleif-company-lei-lookup"
        }
    }
}
```

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/SyvZFGJHyfSBWK1x2/builds/4tIj5CDc8JHxwW4XV/openapi.json