# GLEIF LEI Company Lookup: Legal Entity, Address & Parents (`pj_pai/gleif-lei-company-lookup`) Actor

Search the official Global LEI index (GLEIF) by company name or LEI and get verified legal name, registration number, jurisdiction, legal form, legal and HQ addresses, LEI status, renewal date, BIC codes and direct/ultimate parent companies. KYC-grade B2B company data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pj_pai/gleif-lei-company-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Rakesh Pai](https://apify.com/pj_pai) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 entities

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## GLEIF LEI Company Lookup: Legal Entity, Address & Parents

Search the official Global LEI index (GLEIF) by company name or LEI and get verified legal name, registration number, jurisdiction, legal form, legal and HQ addresses, LEI status, renewal date, BIC codes and direct/ultimate parent companies. KYC-grade B2B company data.

**Data source:** the official GLEIF API (api.gleif.org), which publishes the Global LEI index of 2.8M+ legal entities under a CC0 open-data licence that allows commercial reuse. It needs no login, proxy or browser. Results are returned as clean, flat JSON that is ready for spreadsheets, databases, BI tools and AI agents.

### What can you use it for?

- KYC/KYB and supplier onboarding: verify a counterparty legal name, registration number and address
- Enrich B2B lead lists with official legal-entity data and corporate parents
- Map corporate ownership trees (direct and ultimate parent)
- Monitor lapsed or retired LEIs among customers and vendors
- Use it as a tool from AI agents through the Apify MCP server, or schedule it and send new results to Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook

### Input

| Field | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchTerms` | Company names | Company names to search (legal or other names), e.g. Apple Inc |
| `searchField` | Search in | names = legal and other names (best for company lookups); fulltext = names, addresses and identifiers |
| `leis` | LEI codes | 20-character LEI codes to look up directly |
| `country` | Legal-address country | Two-letter ISO country code filter for name searches, e.g. US, DE, GB |
| `entityStatus` | Entity status | Filter name searches by entity status |
| `includeParents` | Include parent companies | Add direct and ultimate parent (2 extra API calls per entity) |
| `maxResultsPerSearch` | Max results per name | Entities returned per search term |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "Apple Inc"
  ],
  "leis": [
    "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 3,
  "includeParents": true
}
```

### Output

Each result is one dataset item with these fields: `lei`, `legalName`, `otherNames`, `entityStatus`, `category`, `legalFormId`, `jurisdiction`, `registeredAs`, `registrationAuthorityId`, `entityCreationDate`, `legalAddress`, `legalCity`, `legalRegion`, `legalCountry`, `legalPostalCode`, `hqAddress`, `hqCity`, `hqRegion`, `hqCountry`, `hqPostalCode`, `leiStatus`, `initialRegistrationDate`, `lastUpdateDate`, `nextRenewalDate`, `corroborationLevel`, `managingLou`, `bic`, `successorLei`, `gleifUrl`, `query`, `directParent`, `ultimateParent`.

#### Example output (real result, long fields shortened)

```json
{
  "lei": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
  "legalName": "Apple Inc.",
  "otherNames": [
    "Apple Computer, Inc. (PREVIOUS_LEGAL_NAME)"
  ],
  "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "category": "GENERAL",
  "legalFormId": "H1UM",
  "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
  "registeredAs": "806592",
  "registrationAuthorityId": "RA000598",
  "entityCreationDate": "1977-01-03T00:00:00Z",
  "legalAddress": "C/O C T Corporation System, 330 N. Brand Blvd, Suite 700",
  "legalCity": "Glendale",
  "legalRegion": "US-CA",
  "legalCountry": "US",
  "legalPostalCode": "91203",
  "hqAddress": "One Apple Park Way",
  "hqCity": "Cupertino",
  "hqRegion": "US-CA",
  "hqCountry": "US",
  "hqPostalCode": "95014",
  "leiStatus": "ISSUED",
  "initialRegistrationDate": "2012-06-06T15:53:00Z",
  "lastUpdateDate": "2026-03-03T16:34:33Z",
  "nextRenewalDate": "2027-03-08T17:27:20Z",
  "corroborationLevel": "FULLY_CORROBORATED",
  "managingLou": "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
  "bic": [
    "APLEUS66XXX"
  ],
  "successorLei": null,
  "gleifUrl": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
  "query": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
  "directParent": null,
  "ultimateParent": null
}
```

Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or read them through the Apify API.

### Pricing

This Actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing. You pay **$0.002 per legal entity** returned, plus standard Apify platform usage, which is small because the Actor uses lightweight HTTP requests (no browser). You are never charged for results that are not returned. To cap spending, set a maximum cost per run in the run options.

### Tips

- Start with a small max-results value to check your filters, then scale up.
- Schedule the Actor (for example daily) to monitor changes over time.
- The data comes straight from the source, so its freshness and completeness depend on that publisher.

### Disclaimer

This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by any website, platform or data publisher named here. Use it in line with the target sites' terms and applicable privacy laws (e.g. GDPR/CAN-SPAM for contact data). Verify critical decisions against the official source.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Company names to search (legal or other names), e.g. Apple Inc

## `searchField` (type: `string`):

names = legal and other names (best for company lookups); fulltext = names, addresses and identifiers

## `leis` (type: `array`):

20-character LEI codes to look up directly

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter ISO country code filter for name searches, e.g. US, DE, GB

## `entityStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter name searches by entity status

## `includeParents` (type: `boolean`):

Add direct and ultimate parent (2 extra API calls per entity)

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Entities returned per search term

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "Apple Inc",
    "Siemens AG"
  ],
  "searchField": "names",
  "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "includeParents": false,
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "Apple Inc",
        "Siemens AG"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pj_pai/gleif-lei-company-lookup").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchTerms": [
        "Apple Inc",
        "Siemens AG",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pj_pai/gleif-lei-company-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "Apple Inc",
    "Siemens AG"
  ]
}' |
apify call pj_pai/gleif-lei-company-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pj_pai/gleif-lei-company-lookup"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/IbM0PLLWNkrSFtfz9/builds/R8Edke696NdbLRzRC/openapi.json