LEI Corporate Tree: GLEIF Parents & Subsidiaries

What does LEI Corporate Tree do?

LEI Corporate Tree looks up legal entities in the official GLEIF database of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs), by LEI or by company name, and shows who owns whom: each entity's direct and ultimate parent and its subsidiaries, up to three levels down. For every entity you get:

• 🆔 LEI, legal name and other names (previous, trading and other-language names)
• 🏛️ legal form, entity status, jurisdiction, the registration authority and the local register number (e.g. HRB 6684 at the Munich commercial register)
• 📍 legal and headquarters addresses
• 🔁 LEI registration status and next renewal date, so lapsed LEIs stand out
• 👪 direct and ultimate parent (LEI, name, country), or the reporting exception the entity gave instead, e.g. "no known person or entity controls it"
• 🌳 subsidiaries with their level in the tree
• 🏦 BIC codes and, on request, ISINs mapped to the LEI
• 📝 a kycSummary: one line of plain English you can paste into an onboarding or KYC file

Who is this LEI lookup for?

• KYC, AML and onboarding teams: document a counterparty's identity, register number, parent and ultimate parent in one step.
• Credit risk and procurement: see which group a supplier or customer belongs to before you extend credit or sign.
• Compliance and regulatory reporting (EMIR, MiFID II, SFTR): check that counterparties' LEIs are valid and not lapsed.
• Analysts and data teams: map a group's subsidiaries with LEIs, or enrich a company list with LEIs, BICs and ISINs.

How it works

The data comes from the GLEIF API, the free public interface of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation. Its "Level 1" data says who an entity is; its "Level 2" data says who owns whom: each entity reports its direct parent and ultimate parent in the sense of accounting consolidation, or a reporting exception that explains why it reports none (for example, it is owned by private individuals, or its parent doesn't consolidate it).

• LEIs are checked offline first (ISO 17442 check digits), then looked up 100 at a time.
• Company names are matched against legal names and all other names. Legal forms are compared in short and long form, so "Siemens AG" finds "Siemens Aktiengesellschaft". Each match gets a score from 0 to 100 (100 = same name, legal form aside; 95 = same name with another legal form; 80–94 = close, e.g. a typo or an extra word). Set a country to search only entities with their legal address there.
• Subsidiaries are the entities that report this entity as their direct parent. They are collected breadth first: all direct subsidiaries before any of their subsidiaries, up to the level and limit you set.

How to use it

1. Enter LEIs (one per line), or Company names with an optional Country.
2. Keep Include parents on (free) and choose whether you want subsidiaries: how many levels (1–3) and how many at most per entity.
3. Choose whether subsidiaries and parents should be their own rows (full data, charged) or only listed inside the row (free).
4. Click Start. Tabs: Entities, KYC summary, Corporate tree, Parents, BIC and ISIN codes.

Input example

{
    "leis": ["W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32", "KY37LUS27QQX7BB93L28"],
    "companyNames": ["Unilever PLC"],
    "country": "GB",
    "maxMatchesPerName": 1,
    "includeParents": true,
    "includeChildren": true,
    "childrenDepth": 1,
    "maxChildren": 5,
    "childrenAsRows": true,
    "includeIsins": false
}

Output example

Real output from the default input on 1 October 2026 (Siemens AG and Nestlé S.A., one level of subsidiaries, at most 5 each: 12 rows). The input entity, shortened:

{
    "lei": "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32",
    "legalName": "Siemens Aktiengesellschaft",
    "role": "lei-lookup",
    "depth": 0,
    "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
    "legalFormCode": "6QQB",
    "legalFormName": "Aktiengesellschaft",
    "jurisdiction": "DE",
    "legalAddressText": "Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 1, 80333 München, DE-BY, DE",
    "registrationAuthorityId": "RA000304",
    "registrationAuthorityName": "Commercial Register, Local Court München",
    "registeredAs": "HRB 6684",
    "registrationStatus": "ISSUED",
    "nextRenewalDate": "2027-10-25T12:49:24Z",
    "directParent": {
        "status": "reporting-exception",
        "lei": null,
        "legalName": null,
        "country": null,
        "exceptionReason": "NO_KNOWN_PERSON",
        "exceptionReasonText": "no known person or entity controls it",
        "exceptionReference": null
    },
    "ultimateParent": { "status": "reporting-exception", "exceptionReason": "NO_KNOWN_PERSON" },
    "hasDirectChildren": true,
    "directChildrenTotal": 459,
    "children": [
        { "lei": "529900YQP0HHGTCX1K98", "legalName": "De Novo Software, LLC", "country": "US", "entityStatus": "ACTIVE", "depth": 1, "parentLei": "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32" },
        { "lei": "5299005SCD5ZIME65422", "legalName": "Siemens Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.", "country": "MY", "entityStatus": "ACTIVE", "depth": 1, "parentLei": "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32" }
    ],
    "bic": ["SIEMDEMMXXX"],
    "gleifUrl": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32",
    "dataAsOf": "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z",
    "kycSummary": "Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (LEI W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32) is an active Aktiengesellschaft registered in Germany, number HRB 6684 in the Commercial Register, Local Court München. Headquarters: München, Germany. LEI issued, next renewal due 2027-10-25. No parent reported because no known person or entity controls it. 459 direct subsidiaries with an LEI. Source: GLEIF, data as of 2026-10-01."
}

One of its subsidiaries, as its own row (shortened):

{
    "lei": "5299005SCD5ZIME65422",
    "legalName": "Siemens Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.",
    "role": "child",
    "rootLei": "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32",
    "depth": 1,
    "parentLei": "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32",
    "legalFormName": "Private Limited Company",
    "jurisdiction": "MY",
    "registeredAs": "198201013259 (93008-X)",
    "directParent": { "status": "reported", "lei": "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32", "legalName": "Siemens Aktiengesellschaft", "country": "DE" },
    "ultimateParent": { "status": "reported", "lei": "W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32", "legalName": "Siemens Aktiengesellschaft", "country": "DE" },
    "kycSummary": "Siemens Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (LEI 5299005SCD5ZIME65422) is an active Private Limited Company registered in Malaysia, number 198201013259 (93008-X) in the Corporate Registry, Companies Commission of Malaysia. Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. LEI issued, next renewal due 2027-04-30. Direct and ultimate parent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (LEI W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32, DE). No subsidiaries with an LEI reported. Source: GLEIF, data as of 2026-10-01."
}

Name searches add matchScore and matchedName. Inputs without a result get a free row with an error code: invalid-lei, lei-not-found, no-match, rate-limited or api-error.

How much does it cost?

This Actor uses pay per event: $0.002 per entity returned as its own row (entity-returned).

What	Charged?
An entity from your LEI list, or a name match	$0.002 per row
A subsidiary, when Return subsidiaries as their own rows is on (default)	$0.002 per row
A parent, when Also return parents as their own rows is on (off by default)	$0.002 per row
Parents summarised inside a row (LEI, name, country, reporting exception)	free
Subsidiaries listed inside a row (children)	free
BIC codes, ISINs, the KYC summary, the register details	free (part of the row)
Invalid or unknown LEIs, names without a match, API errors	free

How it adds up:

• The default input (2 LEIs, one level of subsidiaries, at most 5 each) returns 12 rows: $0.024.
• The same with Return subsidiaries as their own rows off returns 2 rows: $0.004, and each row still lists its 5 subsidiaries.
• 1,000 LEIs without subsidiaries cost $2.
• An entity is returned and charged at most once per run, even if it is found several times (for example as an input and as another input's subsidiary, or as both direct and ultimate parent).
• Matches per name is the most rows a name search can return; set it to 1 if you only want the best match.
• The GLEIF API itself is free. Apify also charges a tiny standard start fee per run (about $0.0000125 at the default 256 MB).
• Set Maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops when it is reached.

Limitations

• Only entities with an LEI. Subsidiaries without an LEI are not in GLEIF, so the tree shows the part of a group that has LEIs. Large groups have many more subsidiaries than they have LEIs.
• Parents follow accounting consolidation, as reported by the entities and checked by the LEI issuers. That is not always the same as legal ownership or beneficial ownership, and GLEIF has no data on natural persons (owners who are individuals show up as the reporting exception "natural persons").
• Speed: GLEIF allows 60 requests per minute; the Actor stays at 50. A row needs 1–4 requests (parents, ISINs, names of legal forms and registers, which are cached), so expect roughly 15–40 rows a minute on large runs.
• Name search is a best-effort match on GLEIF's search, not a guarantee. Check the score and compare the register number or address with what you know before you rely on a match. Typos are found when GLEIF's own fuzzy search suggests the name.
• ISINs: up to 100 per entity are listed (banks can have thousands); isinsTotal always has the full count.
• Data is as current as the latest GLEIF Golden Copy (dataAsOf, published several times a day).

Data source and licence

LEI data comes from GLEIF's API and is published under the CC0 licence, free for any use. This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a service of GLEIF or any LEI issuer. GLEIF does not guarantee the accuracy of LEI data, which is reported by the entities themselves; check critical information with the entity.

FAQ

What is an LEI?

A 20-character code (ISO 17442) that identifies a legal entity taking part in financial transactions, issued by accredited LEI issuers and published by GLEIF. Example: W38RGI023J3WT1HWRP32 is Siemens AG.

Why does a company have no parent?

Either it is at the top of its group, or it reported an exception, for example because it is owned by individuals or its parent doesn't consolidate it. exceptionReasonText says which, in plain English.

What does "LAPSED" mean?

The entity didn't renew its LEI on time. The LEI still identifies the entity, but its data may be out of date, and many regulations require a current LEI for reporting.

Can I get every subsidiary of a large group?

Up to 1,000 per input entity and three levels. Very large groups (thousands of entities) need several runs, for example one per major subsidiary.

Can I run it on a schedule?

Yes. Save a task with your counterparties' LEIs and schedule it monthly; compare runs to spot lapsed LEIs or changed parents.

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Feedback

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