Global Company Lookup — GLEIF LEI Data

Look up any legal entity in the world from the official GLEIF LEI database — the global registry of legal entities behind every regulated financial transaction. Search by company name or by LEI code and get clean, structured, joinable company reference data. No API key, no login.

Perfect for KYC / onboarding enrichment, entity resolution, supplier & counterparty due diligence, lead enrichment, sanctions/compliance pipelines, or building a company-data feature.

What you get

For every legal entity:

• Identity — lei (the 20-char global ID), legalName, otherNames
• Legal registration — jurisdiction, legalForm, registeredAs (the local commercial-register number), registeredAt (registration authority), category
• Status — entityStatus (ACTIVE / INACTIVE) and registrationStatus (ISSUED / LAPSED / RETIRED …)
• Addresses — full address (legal) and headquarters with addressLines, city, region, country, postalCode
• Dates — creationDate, initialRegistrationDate, lastUpdateDate, nextRenewalDate
• Banking — bic codes (when the entity has them)
• Corporate structure (optional) — directParentLei/directParentName and ultimateParentLei/ultimateParentName
• gleifUrl — link to the public GLEIF record

The lei is a stable, global key — join it against SEC filings, banking (BIC), sanctions lists, or any other LEI-keyed dataset.

Modes

• search — find entities by query (company name). Narrow with country (ISO2) and status. Set fulltext for a broader fuzzy match across names/addresses.
• lei — look up one or more exact leis codes.

Set includeParents in either mode to also resolve direct + ultimate parent companies.

Example input

Search active US companies named "Apple":

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "Apple",
  "country": "US",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "maxResults": 20
}

Look up specific entities by LEI, with parents:

{
  "mode": "lei",
  "leis": ["HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394", "54930027SQL2KPSDBM58"],
  "includeParents": true
}

Example output (one entity — real result)

{
  "lei": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
  "legalName": "Apple Inc.",
  "otherNames": [],
  "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
  "category": "GENERAL",
  "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "legalForm": "H1UM",
  "registeredAs": "806592",
  "registeredAt": "RA000598",
  "creationDate": "1977-01-03T00:00:00Z",
  "registrationStatus": "ISSUED",
  "managingLou": "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
  "bic": ["APLEUS66XXX"],
  "address": {
    "addressLines": ["C/O C T Corporation System", "330 N. Brand Blvd", "Suite 700"],
    "city": "Glendale",
    "region": "US-CA",
    "country": "US",
    "postalCode": "91203"
  },
  "headquarters": {
    "addressLines": ["One Apple Park Way"],
    "city": "Cupertino",
    "region": "US-CA",
    "country": "US",
    "postalCode": "95014"
  },
  "directParentLei": null,
  "directParentName": null,
  "ultimateParentLei": null,
  "ultimateParentName": null,
  "gleifUrl": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
}

For a subsidiary with includeParents: true, the parent fields resolve, e.g. directParentName: "APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED", ultimateParentName: "Apple Inc.".

Why this actor

• Authoritative, global — GLEIF is the ISO 17442 legal-entity identifier system; ~2.5M entities across every jurisdiction.
• Keyless & reliable — public GLEIF API, no key to manage, no anti-bot walls.
• Joinable output — the lei cross-references SEC filings, BIC/banking, and compliance datasets; local registeredAs links to national registers.
• Corporate hierarchy on demand — resolve parent companies with one flag.

Pricing

Pay per result: $2 / 1,000 records (plus a tiny per-run start event). You only pay for company records returned.

Notes

• entityStatus is the entity's operational state; registrationStatus is the state of its LEI registration (a LAPSED LEI can still describe an active company).
• Name search matches tokens in the legal name; use country/status to narrow, or fulltext to widen.
• Entities with no reported parent (or a GLEIF reporting exception) return null parent fields.
• Data is sourced from GLEIF; this actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by GLEIF.

Related actors

• SEC EDGAR Scraper — US company filings; join on company identity.
• Website Contact / Tech Stack Finder — enrich a domain with company signals.
• Romania Company Data — deep, country-specific register data for Romanian entities.