# GLEIF Scraper: LEI Legal Entities Search (Global Open Data) (`isaid/gleif-legal-entities`) Actor

Search and export legal entities from the GLEIF LEI database (3 million entities worldwide): LEI, name, country, city, registry number, legal form, status. Filter by name, country and last update. Sole traders excluded, no street addresses.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/isaid/gleif-legal-entities.md
- **Developed by:** [Ilyès S](https://apify.com/isaid) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% 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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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

## GLEIF Scraper: LEI Legal Entities Search (Global Open Data)

Search and export legal entities from the GLEIF LEI database, about 3 million entities worldwide, and get clean JSON that excludes sole traders and street addresses.

This Actor is independent. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation.

Source: Global LEI Index, published by GLEIF under the CC0 licence. Each result links to its public record.

### What data can you get?

Each result is one legal entity that holds a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `lei` | 20-character Legal Entity Identifier |
| `name` | Registered legal name |
| `category`, `subCategory` | General (companies and other entities), fund or branch |
| `status` | Entity status, such as `ACTIVE` |
| `registryId`, `registryCode` | Number in the national business register (for example the SIREN in France) and the code of that register |
| `jurisdiction`, `legalFormCode` | Country or region of incorporation and legal form code |
| `createdAt` | Creation date of the entity |
| `country`, `region`, `city`, `postalCode` | Legal address, without street |
| `headquartersCountry`, `headquartersCity` | Headquarters location |
| `leiStatus`, `registeredAt`, `updatedAt`, `nextRenewalAt` | State and dates of the LEI record |
| `corroborationLevel`, `managingLou` | How the data was verified, and the issuer of the LEI |
| `profileUrl` | Public record on the GLEIF search site |

### How to use it

1. Enter a search text in the entity name, and choose the countries.
2. Optionally keep funds or branches, or set an update date to monitor new registrations.
3. Run the Actor, then download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule it.

### Input example

```json
{
  "query": "boulangerie",
  "countries": ["FR"],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "lei": "648800XW96VUVPTHGW60",
  "name": "ALABAMA COURTAGE",
  "category": "GENERAL",
  "subCategory": null,
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "registryId": "891416059",
  "registryCode": "RA000189",
  "jurisdiction": "FR",
  "legalFormCode": "6CHY",
  "createdAt": "2020-11-16",
  "country": "FR",
  "region": null,
  "city": "Levallois-Perret",
  "postalCode": "92300",
  "headquartersCountry": "FR",
  "headquartersCity": "Levallois-Perret",
  "leiStatus": "ISSUED",
  "registeredAt": "2026-10-30",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-30",
  "nextRenewalAt": "2027-10-30",
  "corroborationLevel": "FULLY_CORROBORATED",
  "managingLou": "485100001PLJJ09NZT59",
  "profileUrl": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/648800XW96VUVPTHGW60"
}
```

### Pricing

This Actor is free to use during its launch. You only pay for Apify platform usage.

### Which entities are excluded?

- Sole traders and individual entrepreneurs, because their registered name is the name of a person.
  GLEIF flags them as `SOLE_PROPRIETOR`, and they are never requested.
- Entities whose LEI record is inactive, unless you turn this filter off.

### Limits

- Only entities that hold an LEI are covered. LEIs are mostly held by companies active on financial
  markets, banks, funds and large groups. This is not a complete company register.
- No street address, other names, parent relationships, e-mails or phone numbers.
- A run returns 10,000 entities at most. To go further, split your search by country or update date.
- Company names can contain a founder's name, because they are the registered names of legal entities.
- The search text matches the entity names, in the language they were registered.

### FAQ

#### Where does the data come from?

From the public API of the Global LEI Index, operated by GLEIF. This Actor adds filtering, cleaning and
a stable output format.

#### Does the output contain personal data?

Sole traders are excluded at the source, and street addresses, contacts and other names are not
requested. Each record is also checked before being saved, and any record that seems to contain an
e-mail or a phone number is skipped and logged.

#### How do I link a result to a national register?

Use `registryCode` and `registryId`. For French companies, `registryId` is the SIREN.

#### Why did my run return no results?

Your filters are probably too narrow. Try a shorter search text, or remove the country or date.

#### Why did my run fail with an "Invalid" message?

The message names the field to fix. Countries use 2 letters (`FR`), and dates use the `YYYY-MM-DD` format.

### Keywords

GLEIF, LEI, Legal Entity Identifier, LEI lookup, LEI search, legal entities, company registry, global
company data, KYC, counterparty data, business register number.

# Actor input Schema

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

Words searched in the names of legal entities, such as "boulangerie" or "capital partners". Leave empty to filter only by country or date.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

2-letter ISO codes of the country of the legal address, such as FR, DE or US. Leave empty for the whole world.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Companies and other legal entities (General), investment funds (Fund) or branches. Sole traders are never returned.

## `onlyActive` (type: `boolean`):

Skip entities that the registry marks as inactive.

## `updatedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only entities whose LEI record changed on or after this date, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Useful to monitor new registrations.

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

Between 1 and 10,000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "boulangerie",
  "countries": [
    "FR"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "GENERAL"
  ],
  "onlyActive": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `entities` (type: `string`):

Clean legal entity records, without street addresses.

# 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": "boulangerie",
    "countries": [
        "FR"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("isaid/gleif-legal-entities").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": "boulangerie",
    "countries": ["FR"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("isaid/gleif-legal-entities").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": "boulangerie",
  "countries": [
    "FR"
  ]
}' |
apify call isaid/gleif-legal-entities --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,isaid/gleif-legal-entities"
        }
    }
}
```

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/COwygiH4YKqdOGzCh/builds/TDMp4WYUU1ydnFgR5/openapi.json