🌐 GLEIF LEI Scraper

🚀 Look up Legal Entity Identifier records for any company worldwide.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-06 · 📊 22 fields per record · 3M+ LEI records · 200+ jurisdictions · KYC, AML, due diligence, counterparty risk

The GLEIF LEI Scraper searches the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation registry and returns structured records for any company holding a 20-character LEI. The LEI system is a G20-mandated, ISO-standardised identifier used worldwide by financial regulators, exchanges, payment networks, and KYC platforms.

The scraper covers all 3 million+ active and lapsed LEIs issued across 200+ jurisdictions. Filters run server-side so a single run can isolate every active LEI in Germany, every bank in Singapore, or every parent of a holding company.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Financial compliance, KYC platforms, AML analysts, fintech, regulatory tech, sanctions screening, treasury	KYC enrichment, beneficial-ownership trails, counterparty risk checks, regulatory reporting, sanctions screening

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📋 What the GLEIF LEI Scraper does

Five filtering workflows in a single run:

• 🆔 LEI lookup. Direct lookup by 20-character LEI code returns the full record.
• 🔍 Free-text search. Match by company legal name across the global registry.
• 🇪🇺 Jurisdiction filter. Restrict by ISO country code (DE, US, GB, JP, SG, AU).
• ✅ Status filter. Active, lapsed, retired, merged, transferred, or any.
• 👨‍👦 Parent relationships. Optional ultimate-parent and direct-parent LEI fetch.

💡 Why it matters: clean, server-side filtering removes the parser-and-pagination work from your team and keeps your dataset fresh on every run.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
maxItems	integer	10	Records to return. Free plan caps at 10, paid plan up to 1,000,000.
query	string	"Bank"	Free-text legal-name search.
lei	string	""	Direct lookup of one 20-char LEI.
country	string	""	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. Empty = global.
registrationStatus	string	""	ISSUED, LAPSED, RETIRED, MERGED, TRANSFERRED, or empty.

Example: lookup Apple Inc..

{
    "maxItems": 1,
    "lei": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
}

Example: all active banks in Germany.

{
    "maxItems": 500,
    "query": "bank",
    "country": "DE",
    "registrationStatus": "ISSUED"
}

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📊 Output

Each record contains 22 fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🆔 lei	string	"HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
🏢 legalName	string	"Apple Inc."
📍 headquartersCity	string	"Cupertino"
📍 headquartersCountry	string	"US"
⚖️ legalJurisdiction	string	"US-CA"
🏷️ legalFormName	string	"CORPORATION"
🟢 registrationStatus	string	"ISSUED"
📅 registrationInitialDate	string	"2012-06-06"
📅 registrationLastUpdate	string	"2025-12-15"
📅 registrationNextRenewal	string	"2026-12-15"
🏛️ registrationAuthority	string	"RA000665"
👨‍👦 parentLei	string	null
💱 bic	array	null
🌐 leiUrl	string	"https://search.gleif.org/#/record/..."
🕒 scrapedAt	ISO 8601	"2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z"

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🌐	Global ISO standard. LEI is the G20-mandated, ISO 17442 identifier used by every major regulator and financial institution.
🔄	Authoritative. GLEIF data is published by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation.
🎯	Server-side filters. Combine query, country, and registration status in one run.
👨‍👦	Parent relationships. Trace ultimate and direct parents for beneficial-ownership analysis.
⚡	Fast. 100 records in under 30 seconds.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ This Actor	$5 free credit	3M+ LEIs	Daily refresh	name, country, status	⚡ 2 min
Bloomberg LEI tools	$25k+/year	Same GLEIF base	Real-time	Yes	🐢 Account setup
Raw GLEIF concatenated file	Free	All	Daily	Bulk file	🐢 ETL pipeline
Manual GLEIF web search	Free	Manual	Live	Web only	🕒 One at a time

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the GLEIF LEI Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick your filters and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

🏦 Compliance & KYC LEI enrichment for onboarding flows Beneficial-ownership trails Sanctions and PEP cross-checks Daily counterparty monitoring	📊 Regulatory Reporting EMIR, MiFID II, Dodd-Frank LEI fields Audit trail for regulatory submissions Cross-jurisdictional entity matching Reconcile LEI against internal records
💰 Treasury & Banking Counterparty risk scoring Securities trade reporting Settlement and clearing reference FX and derivatives counterparty IDs	🤖 Fintech & Reg-tech Power KYC SaaS dashboards Build APIs over LEI data Train ML models on entity resolution Enrich payment systems

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🔌 Automating GLEIF LEI Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Hourly, daily, or weekly refreshes keep downstream databases in sync automatically.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Corporate ownership network research Cross-border financial flow studies Versioned LEI snapshots Ownership-graph thesis projects	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects on global ownership data Visualizations of corporate networks Newsletter research Hobbyist beneficial-ownership exploration
🤝 Non-profit and civic Investigative journalism on corporate networks Track shell companies Civic transparency reports Open Ownership data contributions	🧪 Experimentation Train entity-resolution ML models Test KYC product hypotheses Prototype LEI-aware agents Validate sanctions-screening pipelines

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt about this ParseForge actor in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Provide a name, LEI, country, or status filter. The Actor queries the official GLEIF index and emits one structured record per legal entity.

🔄 How fresh is the data?

GLEIF publishes daily updates from accredited Local Operating Units worldwide.

📊 How many fields per record?

22, including LEI, legal name, jurisdiction, both addresses, status, parent relationships, BIC, and renewal dates.

👨‍👦 Does it include parent companies?

Yes. When a parent relationship is filed, the parent LEI is exposed via parentLei.

⚖️ Is LEI data free to use?

Yes. GLEIF publishes records under a free, open license that explicitly permits commercial reuse with attribution.

🔁 Can I schedule recurring runs?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules to refresh your KYC database hourly, daily, or weekly.

🌍 What jurisdictions are covered?

200+. Every country with an accredited LOU contributes records, including all EU states, US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, India.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan?

No. The free plan covers small lookups (10 records). A paid plan unlocks higher item counts and scheduling.

🆘 What if a run fails?

Apify retries transient errors. Inspect logs in the Runs tab; partial datasets are preserved.

🔄 What about lapsed or retired LEIs?

Set registrationStatus to LAPSED, RETIRED, MERGED, or TRANSFERRED to access historical records.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

GLEIF LEI Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes.

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🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report an issue.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) or any LEI issuing organization. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open data is collected.