GLEIF Direct Parent — one level up, no login
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$2.00 / 1,000 direct parent record scrapeds
GLEIF Direct Parent — one level up, no login
Give this actor a company's LEI and it returns the direct (first-tier) parent via GLEIF's official Direct Parent endpoint: legal name, status, jurisdiction, HQ country/city, legal form. Top-of-hierarchy companies return 0 items, not an error. CC0 licensed, no login.
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$2.00 / 1,000 direct parent record scrapeds
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Give this actor a subsidiary's Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and it returns that
company's direct (first-tier) parent — the immediate owner, not the top-of-group
ultimate parent. It calls GLEIF's own official direct-parent endpoint (the same public
Access Service behind gleif.org's search), so the parent/child link is GLEIF's, not a
scrape of a web page.
Open data, CC0 1.0 licensed: free to use commercially, no permission or attribution required (source: GLEIF LEI Data Terms of Use). This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by GLEIF — it's an independent client of their public API.
Direct vs. ultimate parent
Need the top-of-group ultimate parent instead? Use the companion actor GLEIF Corporate Family Tree. This actor is the lighter, one-level version for when you only need the immediate owner.
Tested (2026-09-02)
| Subsidiary LEI | Direct parent found |
|---|---|
2549008YU9EOMHFUA249 (Apple subsidiary) | Apple Inc. |
5493004QI6E3PJNCEB09 (Apple subsidiary) | Apple Inc. |
549300YX4S1LLSMK2627 (Apple subsidiary) | Apple Inc. |
HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394 (Apple Inc. itself — top of hierarchy) | 0 (no parent) |
A LEI with no direct parent (top-of-hierarchy company) simply returns 0 items (no charge) — it's not an error.
Don't have the LEI yet?
Use the companion actor GLEIF LEI Company Registry Lookup to search a company by name and get its LEI first, then feed that LEI into this actor.
Input
Each target is a 20-character subsidiary LEI code.
Output
One dataset item for the direct parent (0 items if the company is top-of-hierarchy):
| Field | |
|---|---|
lei | the parent's own 20-character LEI |
legal_name | parent's registered legal name |
entity_status | ACTIVE / INACTIVE |
category | e.g. FUND, GENERAL |
jurisdiction | ISO country/region code of incorporation |
legal_form_id | ISO 20275 legal form code |
hq_country / hq_city | headquarters country and city (no street address — company-identifying fields only, no personal data) |
registration_status | ISSUED / LAPSED / RETIRED / etc. |
managing_lou | the Local Operating Unit (issuer) managing this LEI |
initial_registration_date / last_update_date / next_renewal_date | LEI lifecycle dates |
No personal data: LEI records identify companies and funds, not individuals.
Why this over GLEIF's own website
gleif.org shows one entity's relationships at a time, in a UI built for eyeballs, not pipelines. This actor batches multiple subsidiary LEIs in one run and hands back structured rows — for ownership-chain checks, KYB, or M&A due diligence that needs just the immediate parent without walking the whole tree.
Use Cases
- Ownership-chain verification — confirm who directly owns a subsidiary before escalating to full UBO research
- Vendor/counterparty due diligence — check a supplier's immediate parent before onboarding
- Group structure audits — verify a subsidiary's reporting line matches internal records
- Bulk parent lookups — resolve the direct parent for many subsidiary LEIs in a single run
Pricing
Pay per event: $2.00 per 1,000 direct-parent records collected. Nothing else.
