# LEI Lookup API - GLEIF Legal Entity Identifier Search (`pushbuild/gleif-lei`) Actor

Search the global LEI register by company name, LEI, ISIN or BIC, with country, status and category filters. Returns legal name, registered and HQ address, jurisdiction, legal form, registration status, renewal dates and optional parent companies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/gleif-lei.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## LEI Lookup API - GLEIF Legal Entity Identifier Search

Every Legal Entity Identifier in the Global LEI System, from the official GLEIF API (CC0 open data).

### Search

By company name, LEI code, ISIN, or BIC, with filters for country, entity status, registration status and category.

### Each entity

LEI, legal name, other names, entity and registration status, category, legal form, jurisdiction, local registry number, legal and headquarters address, creation, registration, update and renewal dates, managing LOU, BIC and MIC, and optionally the direct and ultimate parent.

### Uses

KYC and onboarding, counterparty checks, regulatory reporting (MiFID II, EMIR), corporate ownership research, data enrichment. Pay per entity.

# Actor input Schema

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

Company names to search (legal and other names).

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

20-character LEI codes to look up.

## `isins` (type: `array`):

Find the issuer of these ISINs.

## `bics` (type: `array`):

Find the entity behind these SWIFT/BIC codes.

## `legalName` (type: `string`):

Exact legal name filter.

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

2-letter country code of the legal address, e.g. DE.

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

ACTIVE or INACTIVE.

## `registrationStatus` (type: `string`):

LEI registration status.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Entity category.

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

Add direct and ultimate parent LEI and name.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum entities to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "Siemens"
  ],
  "includeParents": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# 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": [
        "Siemens"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/gleif-lei").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": ["Siemens"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/gleif-lei").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": [
    "Siemens"
  ]
}' |
apify call pushbuild/gleif-lei --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/jqMx1CgicBDHazsNl/builds/q4F6U8veDZGWzLOgG/openapi.json