🔎 Business Registration Lookup — SEC EDGAR & UK Companies House KYC Records

Pay-per-result actor that pulls company registration records, officers, and filings from SEC EDGAR (US) and UK Companies House — plus state-level Secretary-of-State business registrations. Built for KYC, AML, due-diligence, and enrichment workflows as a no-seat-license alternative to OpenCorporates ($299-2000/mo), Bureau van Dijk Orbis (enterprise contract), Sayari Graph (enterprise), Crunchbase Pro ($684+/yr), Refinitiv KYC, and LexisNexis Bridger.

Why Business Registration Lookup Beats OpenCorporates, Sayari & Bureau van Dijk

Feature	NexGenData Business Registration Lookup	OpenCorporates	Sayari	Bureau van Dijk Orbis
Cost	$0.01 / lookup, pay-per-result	$299-2000 / month	Enterprise ($$$$)	Enterprise ($$$$)
Coverage	SEC EDGAR + UK Companies House + 50 US state SoS	140+ jurisdictions	250M+ entities	489M entities
Officers / directors	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Beneficial owners	When publicly filed	Partial	Yes	Yes
API access	Apify REST + JSON/CSV/Excel	REST API on paid tiers	REST API	REST API
Auth required	Apify token	Account + plan	Enterprise contract	Enterprise contract
Free trial	Free Apify credits on signup	Limited free tier	Sales demo only	Sales demo only
Per-record bulk pricing	Yes	API call cap	Custom	Custom

Compliance teams, M&A analysts, and KYC engineers pick this actor instead of an OpenCorporates subscription because the per-lookup cost works out 30-200× lower for the same SEC EDGAR + Companies House coverage. It is a drop-in alternative to seat-based KYC SaaS when you have a one-off due-diligence list or a low-frequency enrichment job that doesn't justify an annual contract.

What You Get Per Company

Each dataset item is a flat JSON record:

• legal_name, trading_names, registration_number, jurisdiction
• entity_type (corporation, LLC, plc, ltd, etc.), status (active, dissolved, struck off)
• incorporation_date, dissolution_date (if applicable)
• registered_address, principal_address, mailing_address
• officers — array of {name, role, appointment_date, resignation_date, nationality, dob_partial}
• beneficial_owners — when filed (PSC for UK, beneficial-ownership filings for US)
• filings — array of {filing_type, filing_date, document_url, period}
• industry_codes — SIC / NAICS / NACE
• share_capital, authorized_shares, paid_up_capital
• parent_company, subsidiaries
• last_updated_at

Use Cases

• KYC / AML analysts — verify legal-entity existence and officers before onboarding a new vendor or customer
• M&A due diligence — pull officer lists, filings, and group structure for a target
• Compliance teams — periodic re-screening of vendors against SoS records to catch dissolutions
• Investigative journalists — trace UBOs across UK + US filings
• Sales-ops enrichment — append legal-entity ID + parent-company info to your CRM
• PE / VC analysts — confirm portfolio-company filing health
• Sanctions / PEP screening — first pass before piping into Refinitiv or Dow Jones

Quick Start

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/business-registration-lookup").call(run_input={
    "queries": [
        {"name": "Stripe Inc", "jurisdiction": "US-DE"},
        {"name": "Monzo Bank Limited", "jurisdiction": "UK"},
        {"registration_number": "0001545772", "jurisdiction": "SEC"}
    ],
    "includeFilings": True,
    "includeOfficers": True
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["legal_name"], item["status"], item["registration_number"])

Pricing

Pay-per-event — no seat license, no monthly minimum.

• Actor Start: $0.0001
• Per company lookup: $0.01
• Filings document fetch: $0.005 each

A 1000-vendor periodic re-screening costs $10 per pass. Equivalent OpenCorporates API usage costs $299-2000/month.

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FEC political spending	FEC Independent Expenditures
Company enrichment / firmographics	Company Enrichment Tool
Email finder for B2B leads	Company Email Finder
H-1B visa salary lookup	H-1B Visa Salary Search

FAQ

Q: What jurisdictions are covered? SEC EDGAR (US filings), UK Companies House (all UK + Wales + Scotland + NI), and all 50 US Secretary-of-State business registries.

Q: How fresh is the data? SEC and Companies House data is pulled live per query. State SoS records are pulled live where the SoS site allows direct queries.

Q: Is the data legally usable for KYC? SEC EDGAR and Companies House are official primary sources — both are explicitly intended for public use. State SoS data is also primary-source public record. Use cases are limited only by your internal compliance policy.

Q: Does this include beneficial ownership (PSC / FinCEN)? UK Persons-with-Significant-Control filings are included. US beneficial-ownership filings under the Corporate Transparency Act are emerging — we pull them where they are publicly accessible.

Q: Can I use this for high-volume screening? Yes — bulk queries are supported. For 100K+ daily screening, contact NexGenData about a dedicated build.

Q: What about sanctions / PEP screening? This actor is registration-record only. For sanctions / PEP, layer on a dedicated screening provider.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 260+ buyer-intent actors covering SEC filings, YC alumni, lead generation, competitive intelligence, stock fundamentals across 30+ exchanges, and more. All pay-per-result. Browse the full catalog at https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result / item: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

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