# GLEIF LEI Lookup & Company Ownership Enricher (`se7enmethod/gleif-lei-company-lookup`) Actor

Bulk-validate LEI codes or find companies by name in the official GLEIF register. Returns legal name, address, status, renewal date, BIC, and direct/ultimate parent. No scraping, official free API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/se7enmethod/gleif-lei-company-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Patrick Hebert](https://apify.com/se7enmethod) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 results

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?

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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.

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# README

## GLEIF LEI Lookup & Company Ownership Enricher

Bulk **LEI lookup, LEI validation and company ownership (parent) enrichment** from the official [GLEIF](https://www.gleif.org) Global LEI register. Uses GLEIF's free public API; no scraping, no login, no proxies.

### Use cases

- **KYC / KYB & onboarding**: verify a counterparty's LEI is issued and not lapsed.
- **Compliance (MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR)**: flag lapsed LEIs and upcoming renewal dates.
- **CRM enrichment**: add legal name, registered address and ultimate parent company to vendor or client lists.
- **Corporate ownership mapping**: get direct and ultimate parent LEI for each entity.

### Input

```json
{ "leis": ["5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12"], "companyNames": ["Apple Inc"], "country": "US", "maxResultsPerName": 1, "includeParents": true }
```

### Output (one row per entity)

```json
{ "query": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394", "lei": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394", "legalName": "Apple Inc.", "status": "ACTIVE",
  "registrationStatus": "ISSUED", "country": "US", "nextRenewalDate": "2026-...", "isLapsed": false,
  "directParent": null, "ultimateParent": null, "legalAddress": "..., Cupertino, US-CA, 95014, US", "found": true }
```

Unknown LEIs return `found: false` plus a `valid` format check (not charged).

### Pricing

Pay per result: you pay only for entities found. Batch LEI lookups take 100 codes per request, so runs are fast and cheap.

### Notes

Data © GLEIF, available under CC0. This actor is not affiliated with GLEIF.

# Actor input Schema

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

20-character Legal Entity Identifiers to validate and enrich.

## `companyNames` (type: `array`):

Search the GLEIF register by name.

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

Optional, applies to name search, e.g. US, DE, GB.

## `maxResultsPerName` (type: `integer`):

Max matches per name.

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

Include direct & ultimate parent.

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

Max results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "leis": [
    "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
    "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
  ],
  "companyNames": [
    "Apple Inc"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerName": 1,
  "includeParents": true,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All results in the default dataset (Overview view selected).

# 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 = {
    "leis": [
        "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
        "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
    ],
    "companyNames": [
        "Apple Inc"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("se7enmethod/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 = {
    "leis": [
        "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
        "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
    ],
    "companyNames": ["Apple Inc"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("se7enmethod/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 '{
  "leis": [
    "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
    "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
  ],
  "companyNames": [
    "Apple Inc"
  ]
}' |
apify call se7enmethod/gleif-lei-company-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,se7enmethod/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/bHBygj2S8NJ17BibY/builds/IE0WwxzqCpj3PAqEo/openapi.json