Business Registration Lookup — SEC EDGAR & UK Companies House

Confirm a company legally exists, and pull its filing record — US (SEC EDGAR) and UK (Companies House) in one call. Give it a company name or identifier; get back the registered legal entity, jurisdiction, status, CIK/company number and filing history. Built for KYB, lead validation and diligence.

Feature	NexGenData Business Registration Lookup	OpenCorporates	Sayari	Bureau van Dijk Orbis
Cost	$0.05 / 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.

📊 Sample Output

companyName	jurisdiction	registrationId	status	industry	location
FullPAC, Inc.	US (SEC)	CIK 0002076148	other	Services-Business Services, NEC	VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
CFC INTERNATIONAL INC	US (SEC)	CIK 0000949859	operating	Adhesives & Sealants	CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL
MODEL N, INC.	US (SEC)	CIK 0001118417	operating	Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.	SAN MATEO, CA
I MANY INC	US (SEC)	CIK 0001104017	operating	Services-Prepackaged Software	PORTLAND, ME
Ventas, Inc.	US (SEC)	CIK 0000740260	operating	Real Estate Investment Trusts	CHICAGO, IL
Aurora Innovation, Inc.	US (SEC)	CIK 0001828108	operating	Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design	PITTSBURGH, PA

Real rows from run guhlLNu8jeprx8EWy on build 0.0.58 (2026-09-24), unedited apart from masked emails/phones and shortened long text; fields the source does not publish are empty.

🔧 Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
companyName (required)	string	"Stripe Inc"	Legal or trading name (or partial name) to search for. Examples: 'Acme Corporation', 'Stripe', 'Tesla'. Searched across SEC EDGAR and UK Companies House.
jurisdiction	string (all, us, uk)	"all"	Which registries to search. 'all' = US + UK (recommended), 'us' = SEC EDGAR + 50 state Secretaries of State, 'uk' = Companies House only.
maxResults	integer	25	Maximum number of matching company records to return. Set higher for bulk-enrichment workflows; lower for one-off lookups.
includeDetails	boolean	true	When enabled, fetches the per-entity officer list, filings, and full address detail. Disable to get a faster, lighter list of name + registration number only.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run guhlLNu8jeprx8EWy (emails/phones masked, long text shortened):

{
  "companyName": "FullPAC, Inc.",
  "jurisdiction": "US (SEC)",
  "registrationId": "CIK 0002076148",
  "status": "other",
  "industry": "Services-Business Services, NEC",
  "incorporated": "NV",
  "location": "VIRGINIA BEACH, VA",
  "tickers": [
    "GOTV"
  ],
  "source": "sec_edgar"
}

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$5e-05	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
Business registration record (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.05	Single result in the default dataset.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.05 = $5.00 plus the start fee.

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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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Input Example

{
  "companyName": "Acme Corporation",
  "jurisdiction": "all",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "includeDetails": true
}

• companyName — name (or partial name) to search across SEC EDGAR + UK Companies House
• jurisdiction — all, us, or uk (start with all for broadest coverage)
• maxResults — cap on returned filings; default 25, raise for bulk runs
• includeDetails — when true, fetches the per-entity officer list, filings, and address detail (recommended)

Output Example

Each row in the Apify dataset is a flat JSON record. Sample item:

{
  "legal_name": "Acme Corporation Limited",
  "trading_names": ["Acme Corp", "Acme"],
  "registration_number": "12345678",
  "jurisdiction": "GB-UK",
  "entity_type": "private-limited-company",
  "status": "active",
  "incorporation_date": "2014-06-18",
  "registered_address": "1 Acme Way, London, EC1A 1BB, United Kingdom",
  "officers": [
    {
      "name": "Jane Q Smith",
      "role": "director",
      "appointment_date": "2019-02-01",
      "resignation_date": null,
      "nationality": "British",
      "dob_partial": "1978-04"
    }
  ],
  "filings": [
    {
      "filing_type": "annual-return",
      "filing_date": "2025-06-30",
      "document_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12345678/filing-history/abc123",
      "period": "2024-06-18 / 2025-06-17"
    }
  ],
  "industry_codes": ["62012"],
  "last_updated_at": "2025-09-01T03:14:00Z"
}

Each item is billed at $0.01. A typical 25-result run costs about $0.25.

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

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