# UK Companies House Search — Company Name or Number

**Use case:** 

Look up UK companies on the official Companies House register by name or 8-character company number. Each match returns the legal name, company number, status as published and mapped to active or inactive, incorporation date, SIC codes, registered office, officers, the GLEIF LEI when one is confidently matched, and a source link. Built for KYB, supplier onboarding and counterparty checks.

## Input

```json
{
  "query": "Tesco PLC",
  "queries": [],
  "countries": [
    "GB"
  ],
  "maxRecordsPerCountry": 5,
  "includeOfficers": true,
  "includeLei": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "legal_name": {
    "label": "Legal name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "registration_number": {
    "label": "Registration number",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status_normalized": {
    "label": "Status (normalized)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lei": {
    "label": "LEI",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source_url": {
    "label": "Source URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "outcome": {
    "label": "Outcome",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "message": {
    "label": "Message",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Company Registry Search — Companies House, SIRENE +9 (KYB) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "UK Companies House Search — Company Name or Number". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/TL65651wZRHBB288Q) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "UK Companies House Search — Company Name or Number" task

The Company Registry Search — Companies House, SIRENE +9 (KYB) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like company name or registration number, company names or registration numbers (list), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "UK Companies House Search — Company Name or Number" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as country, legal name, registration number, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "UK Companies House Search — Company Name or Number" task via API](https://apify.com/shelvick/global-company-registry-search.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Company Registry Search — Companies House, SIRENE +9 (KYB)](https://apify.com/shelvick/global-company-registry-search.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/shelvick/global-company-registry-search.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/shelvick/global-company-registry-search.md

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`).