# LEI Lookup & Company Search (GLEIF): Parents, New LEIs (`mmm_mita/gleif-lei-company-search`) Actor

Look up and search legal entities in the official GLEIF LEI database (CC0 open data). Search by name, country, LEI or company registration number. Get legal name, addresses, legal form, register ID, LEI status and renewal date, plus direct and ultimate parent. Monitor newly registered LEIs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mmm_mita/gleif-lei-company-search.md
- **Developed by:** [m mm](https://apify.com/mmm_mita) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 results

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

### What does LEI Lookup & Company Search (GLEIF) do?

It looks up and searches the **official Global LEI Index** published by **GLEIF** (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation): more than 2.9 million legal entities worldwide, updated daily. Search by **company name, country, LEI or national registration number** (KvK, SIREN, Companies House number…) and get the **legal name, legal and HQ address, legal form, register ID, entity status, LEI status and renewal date**, and optionally the reported **direct and ultimate parent company**.

Use it for **KYB / KYC checks, CRM enrichment, supplier onboarding, ownership mapping** and to **monitor newly registered legal entities** in a country (new funds, holdings and companies that just obtained an LEI).

### How to use it

1. Add **company names** and/or **countries** (ISO codes like `NL`, `DE`), or paste **LEIs** or **registration numbers** to look up.
2. Optionally set **LEI first registered after**, status, category and **include parents**.
3. For new-entity alerts: set a country, turn on **monitor mode** and schedule daily.

### Input example

```json
{ "names": ["Unilever"], "countries": ["NL"], "includeParents": true, "maxItems": 50 }
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "lei": "98450075B01A7GH35464", "legalName": "Sonnleitner-van Dijk B.V.", "status": "ACTIVE", "category": "GENERAL",
  "legalFormCode": "54M6", "jurisdiction": "NL", "registrationAuthorityId": "RA000463", "registrationNumber": "20020881",
  "legalAddress": { "lines": ["de Nieuwe Zoek 29"], "city": "Schijf", "postalCode": "4721 CA", "country": "NL" },
  "entityCreationDate": "2001-06-05", "leiRegistrationStatus": "ISSUED", "leiInitialRegistrationDate": "2026-10-17T12:40:51Z",
  "ultimateParent": null, "url": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/98450075B01A7GH35464"
}
```

### Data fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| lei, legalName, otherNames | LEI code and names |
| status, category, legalFormCode, jurisdiction | Entity status, GLEIF category, ISO 20275 legal form code |
| registrationAuthorityId, registrationNumber | Business register (GLEIF RA code) and the entity's number there |
| legalAddress, headquartersAddress, country | Addresses |
| entityCreationDate | Date the entity was founded (if reported) |
| leiRegistrationStatus, leiInitialRegistrationDate, leiLastUpdateDate, leiNextRenewalDate, corroborationLevel, managingLou | LEI registration data (lapsed LEIs show status LAPSED) |
| bic | Mapped BIC codes |
| directParent, ultimateParent | With "Include parents": lei, legalName, country |
| url | GLEIF search page |

### How much does it cost?

**$2.00 per 1,000 records**, no start fee. In monitor mode the first run is a free **baseline**; later runs charge only new LEIs. Set a maximum cost per run; the actor stops at the limit and only remembers what it delivered. The $5 monthly credit on the Apify free plan covers about 2,500 records.

### Limits and privacy

- Parent data is only as complete as what entities report to GLEIF (many report an exception instead).
- Sole proprietors (natural persons) are skipped by default.

### Data source and licence

GLEIF LEI data is free open data under **CC0 1.0** ([GLEIF terms of use](https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use/)). Not affiliated with or endorsed by GLEIF.

### Other Data Pipe actors

- [SEC EDGAR Filings Search & Monitor](https://apify.com/mmm_mita/sec-edgar-filings-monitor)
- [France Company Register Scraper (SIRENE)](https://apify.com/mmm_mita/france-company-register)
- [EU Tenders Scraper (TED) & Tender Monitor](https://apify.com/mmm_mita/eu-ted-tenders-monitor)
- [UK Tenders: Contracts Finder + Find a Tender](https://apify.com/mmm_mita/uk-public-tenders-unified)

# Actor input Schema

## `names` (type: `array`):

Search by legal or other name (full-text).

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

ISO 3166 alpha-2 codes, e.g. NL, DE, GB.

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

Look up specific 20-character LEIs.

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

National register IDs (e.g. KvK, SIREN, Companies House number) as stored in GLEIF 'registeredAs'.

## `registeredAfter` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Use with countries + monitor mode to get newly registered legal entities.

## `status` (type: `string`):

Active entities only by default.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Optional GLEIF entity category.

## `excludeSoleProprietors` (type: `boolean`):

Skip LEIs of natural persons acting as sole proprietors (privacy).

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

Adds the reported direct and ultimate parent company (2 extra API calls per record with a parent).

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

Stop after this many records (each record = one result).

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember delivered LEIs between runs and return only new ones.

## `monitorFirstRunBaseline` (type: `boolean`):

In monitor mode the first run only stores existing LEIs, with no output and no charge.

## `monitorStoreName` (type: `string`):

Use a different name per saved search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "names": [
    "Unilever"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "NL"
  ],
  "leis": [],
  "registrationNumbers": [],
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "category": "",
  "excludeSoleProprietors": true,
  "includeParents": false,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorFirstRunBaseline": true,
  "monitorStoreName": "lei-monitor"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

All results in the default dataset (table view 'overview').

# 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 = {
    "names": [
        "Unilever"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "NL"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mmm_mita/gleif-lei-company-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 = {
    "names": ["Unilever"],
    "countries": ["NL"],
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mmm_mita/gleif-lei-company-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 '{
  "names": [
    "Unilever"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "NL"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call mmm_mita/gleif-lei-company-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mmm_mita/gleif-lei-company-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/ag4ntUMayAzkwRaKe/builds/okjJGFaNndz19T47m/openapi.json