LEI Lookup & Company Name Matcher — with Match Score

Matches messy company names to their LEI record at GLEIF and returns the legal name, country, status and a 0-100 match score with its reason; names with no clear match, and failed rows, are never charged.

Give company names the way they come out of a CRM, an invoice file or a supplier list ("Siemens Aktiengesellschaft", "icu medical inc", "Deutsche Bank AG | DE") or LEIs, and get, for each one, its Legal Entity Identifier, the legal name and country on the record, the entity and registration status, a match score and the reason for it, plus the closest alternatives. Built for supplier onboarding, KYB, data cleaning and AI agents that need the official identifier of a company. Not affiliated with or endorsed by GLEIF.

What it does

• Matching that tells you how sure it is: every candidate gets a score from 0 to 100:
  • 100: the same name (case, accents, punctuation and how the legal form is spelled don't matter: "ICU Medical, Inc." = "icu medical inc").
  • 92: the same name without its legal form ("ICU Medical" for "ICU Medical, Inc.").
  • 85 or less: the share of telling words both names have, so an extra word ("Branch", a city) lowers it.
  • A country you gave that differs from the record's costs 30 points; an inactive entity costs 5.
• No false matches: a name matches only when its best candidate reaches minScore (80 by default) and no other candidate scores within 3 points. Otherwise the row is a free no_data row that lists the candidates and their scores (below_min_score or ambiguous). A branch or a foundation of a company is not the company.
• Finds the company however its form is written: GLEIF's search needs every word as written on the record, so each name gets up to three searches (without its legal form, as typed, with the form written out: "AG" → "Aktiengesellschaft"), and a two-word search when all three find nothing.
• LEIs too: an entry that is an LEI (check digits tested) is looked up directly (score 100, "LEI given").
• Watch mode (give a watch list name in stateName): returns only names whose match changed since the last run (another LEI, a new legal name, a status change such as ISSUED → LAPSED). A watch run with nothing new returns exactly one free no_data row that says so.
• No people: organisation records only. A record that is, may be, or names a person (sole proprietors, legal forms off GLEIF's organisation list, a person's name in a name or address field) is never matched or listed, only counted (peopleLeftOut). A person's name given as an entry is refused before any search.
• You are never charged for failed results: failed, no_data and unchanged rows are free.

Quick start

{ "companies": ["Siemens Aktiengesellschaft", "icu medical inc", "7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86", "Deutsche Bank AG | DE"] }

Only in one country, with a stricter threshold:

{ "companies": ["Siemens", "BASF", "Bayer"], "country": "DE", "minScore": 90 }

Watch your supplier list for changes every week (with an Apify schedule):

{ "companies": ["ICU Medical, Inc. | US", "Baxter International Inc."], "stateName": "suppliers" }

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
companies	list of names or LEIs	— (prefilled with 4 examples)	One per line; a name may end with " | CC" (a country code). Never a URL; a person's name is refused
country	two-letter code	—	Look only in this country for every name without its own code
minScore	integer 50–100	80	The lowest score that counts as a match
maxAlternatives	integer 0–10	3	Other candidates listed on each row, with their scores
mode	watch or export	—	Empty: watch when stateName is given, otherwise export. An explicit mode wins
stateName	string	—	Watch list name. Watch mode without a name uses the list default
maxItems	integer 1–10,000	1000	Most charged matches per run; in watch mode the rest come in the next run

Changing minScore starts a new watch baseline.

Output

{
    "status": "ok",
    "attempts": 1,
    "error": null,
    "input": "icu medical inc",
    "mode": "export",
    "watchList": null,
    "noDataReason": null,
    "query": "icu medical",
    "countryHint": null,
    "lei": "5493003NRW7LS2QZRH60",
    "legalName": "ICU MEDICAL, INC.",
    "otherNames": [],
    "legalCountry": "US",
    "legalForm": "XTIQ",
    "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
    "registrationStatus": "ISSUED",
    "nextRenewalDate": "2026-12-02",
    "matchScore": 100,
    "matchReason": "same legal name (case, punctuation and legal-form spelling ignored)",
    "ambiguous": false,
    "alternatives": ["254900891YA8DKEHTV75 ICU Medical B.V. (NL): 92", "254900DVR7A372V5E361 ICU MEDICAL INDIA LLP (IN): 68"],
    "candidatesFound": 3,
    "peopleLeftOut": 2,
    "changeType": null,
    "changedFields": null,
    "previousValues": null,
    "url": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493003NRW7LS2QZRH60",
    "source": "GLEIF API (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation). Not affiliated with or endorsed by GLEIF.",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (GLEIF LEI Data Terms of Use)",
    "licenseUrl": "https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-06T22:00:00.000Z"
}

Status	Meaning	Charged?
ok	The name matched an LEI record (or the LEI was found)	Export: yes. Watch: baseline, new and changed yes; unchanged names no
no_data	No candidate, none at minScore (below_min_score), several alike (ambiguous), no such LEI, or nothing new since the last run	No
failed	An invalid entry (a URL, a person's name, an LEI with wrong check digits) or no answer from GLEIF (error says why)	No

The key-value store holds RUN_REPORT (counts, charged and free rows, the GLEIF data set's date, stop reason).

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
status	string (or null)	ok = a name matched to an LEI record (charged in export mode, and in watch mode when it is a baseline, new or changed match); no_data = no candidate, none at minScore, several alike, or nothing new since the last run (free); failed = an invalid entry (a URL, a person's name, a wrong LEI) or no answer (free)
attempts	integer (or null)	Requests made for this row (retries included)
error	string (or null)	Why a row is no_data or failed; null on ok rows
input	string (or null)	The entry as you gave it
mode	string (or null)	watch or export
watchList	string (or null)	Watch list name (watch mode); null in export mode
noDataReason	string (or null)	no_candidate (no record has these words), below_min_score, ambiguous (several score alike), not_found (no LEI record, or one left out), nothing_new (watch); null otherwise
query	string (or null)	The words searched at GLEIF (the name without its legal form, or its two longest words on a second search), or the LEI
countryHint	string (or null)	The country you gave (" / CC" or the country input)
lei	string (or null)	The matched Legal Entity Identifier (ISO 17442)
legalName	string (or null)	The legal name on the LEI record
otherNames	array (or null)	Other names on the LEI record (trading or previous names)
legalCountry	string (or null)	The country of the legal address (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
legalForm	string (or null)	The legal form code on the record (ISO 20275 ELF code, or the text given)
entityStatus	string (or null)	ACTIVE or INACTIVE (GLEIF)
registrationStatus	string (or null)	ISSUED, LAPSED, RETIRED … (GLEIF)
nextRenewalDate	string (or null)	When the LEI registration is due for renewal (ISO 8601 date)
matchScore	integer (or null)	How well the record matches the name, 0-100 (100 = the same name; 92 = the same name without its legal form; lower = words in common)
matchReason	string (or null)	Why the record scored as it did, in plain words
ambiguous	boolean (or null)	True when several records scored alike (the row is then no_data)
alternatives	array (or null)	Other candidates with their scores, best first ("LEI legal name (country): score")
candidatesFound	integer (or null)	GLEIF records the search returned (after the people filter)
peopleLeftOut	integer (or null)	GLEIF records the search returned that are, or may be, or name a person: never matched or listed, only counted
changeType	string (or null)	Watch mode: baseline (first run of the list), new (a name added) or changed (another LEI, legal name or status); null in export mode
changedFields	string (or null)	Watch mode: the tracked fields that changed, comma-separated
previousValues	string (or null)	Watch mode: the changed fields' previous values, as JSON
url	string (or null)	The record on GLEIF's public LEI search
source	string (or null)	Where the data comes from
license	string (or null)	The terms of the data
licenseUrl	string (or null)	Where the terms are published
scrapedAt	string (or null)	When the row was written (ISO 8601, UTC)

Pricing

Pay per event: one company-match event per matched name (export: every match; watch: baseline, new and changed).

Plan	Price per match	Per 1,000 matches
Free (no discount)	$0.0015	$1.50
Bronze	$0.0013	$1.30
Silver	$0.00115	$1.15
Gold (and Platinum, Diamond)	$0.0010	$1.00

• Never charged: failed rows, no_data rows (no clear match, ambiguous, nothing new) and unchanged names. You are never charged for failed results.
• Apify also charges its small per-run start event. There are no usage fees on top, so the actor is eligible for x402 agent payments.

Use it from AI agents

One clear main input, companies (names or LEIs); every row has status, lei, legalName, matchScore, matchReason and alternatives. Call it through the Apify API, the Apify MCP server (mouadapi/company-id-matcher) or x402 agentic payments. Copy-paste call (your Apify token in place of YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN):

$curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mouadapi~company-id-matcher/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"companies": ["Siemens Aktiengesellschaft", "icu medical inc"]}'

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('mouadapi/company-id-matcher').call({ companies: ['Deutsche Bank AG | DE', 'BASF SE'], minScore: 90 });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

Limits

• LEI records only: companies that never registered for an LEI (many small businesses) are not found. National registers (France's SIRENE, US state registers) are not in this version.
• Each name search reads one page of up to 50 candidates; a very common name ("Holding") may need its legal form or a country code to find the right one.
• GLEIF publishes no rate limit: this actor sends one request a second at most, and at most four searches a name. On HTTP 429 it pauses 60, 120 and 240 seconds on the same connection, then stops with free failed rows. No other IP or proxy is ever tried.

Known issues

• The score is our own measure of how alike two names are; it never claims two companies are the same legal entity beyond what the names and the country show. Check alternatives when the score is under 100.

FAQ

Why is a well-known company no_data? Either several records score alike (ambiguous: add the country with " | DE" or the legal form), or the best one is under minScore. The row lists the candidates with their scores.

Why did a watch run return one no_data row? Nothing changed since the last run of the watch list; the row says how many names were unchanged. It is free.

Data and licence

• Source: the GLEIF API (api.gleif.org), documented at https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-api.
• Licence: the LEI data are provided under CC0 1.0 (GLEIF LEI Data Terms of Use, https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use).
• This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by GLEIF.