# LEI Lookup & Company Search – Official GLEIF, No-Match Free (`thecreat0r/gleif-lei-lookup`) Actor

Bulk LEI lookup and company search in the official GLEIF register. Search by LEI, company name (fuzzy, ranked) or national registration number. Returns legal name, addresses, status, renewal dates, BIC and parent companies. Not-found queries are free.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thecreat0r/gleif-lei-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Bob Stevens](https://apify.com/thecreat0r) (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

from $3.00 / 1,000 entity records

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

### What does LEI Lookup & Company Search do?

This Actor looks up companies in the official **GLEIF Global LEI Index** – the free, public register of **2.9+ million Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs)** used by banks, KYC/AML, procurement and compliance teams. Search in bulk by:

- **LEI code** (20 characters) – validate and enrich lists of LEIs
- **Company name** – smart fuzzy matching that ranks the best match first, with a `matchScore`
- **National registration number** – Companies House, KBO/BCE, Handelsregister, KVK, SIREN… (common formats are normalised automatically)

Each result includes legal name, other/former names, legal & HQ address, legal form, jurisdiction, registration authority & number, entity status, LEI renewal dates, BIC codes and – optionally – the **direct and ultimate parent company** (corporate ownership, GLEIF Level 2 data).

### Use cases

- ✅ **KYC / AML onboarding** – verify counterparties and check whether their LEI is still `ISSUED` or `LAPSED`
- 🏦 **MiFID II / EMIR reporting** – validate LEIs before regulatory reporting
- 🔗 **Corporate hierarchy** – find parent and ultimate parent companies
- 🧹 **CRM / vendor master data cleanup** – match messy company names to an official legal entity and ID
- 📅 **LEI renewal monitoring** – schedule a run and catch lapsing LEIs (`nextRenewalDate`)

### Input example

```json
{
  "leis": ["HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"],
  "companyNames": ["Siemens AG", "Anheuser-Busch InBev"],
  "registrationNumbers": ["0417.497.106"],
  "nameMatching": "fuzzy",
  "country": "",
  "onlyActive": false,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 3,
  "includeParents": true
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "lei": "529900NNUPAGGOMPXZ31",
  "legalName": "Siemens Aktiengesellschaft",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "registrationStatus": "ISSUED",
  "jurisdiction": "DE",
  "registeredAs": "HRB 6684",
  "legalAddressCity": "München",
  "legalAddressCountry": "DE",
  "nextRenewalDate": "2027-01-20T00:00:00Z",
  "bic": [],
  "directParentName": null,
  "ultimateParentName": null,
  "matchScore": 1,
  "query": "Siemens AG",
  "queryType": "name",
  "found": true
}
```

Queries with no match are also listed (`found: false`) so you can see which rows didn't resolve. **You are not charged for those.** A `SUMMARY` record in the key-value store lists all unmatched queries.

### How much does it cost?

**$3 per 1,000 entity records found**, plus a tiny start fee per run. Not-found queries are free.

### Notes

- Data comes from the official GLEIF API (public, CC0-licensed). The Actor respects GLEIF's rate limit, so very large batches of names take a while; LEI lookups are batched 100 at a time and are fast.
- Questions or feature requests? Open an issue – I usually respond within 24 hours.

# Actor input Schema

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

20-character Legal Entity Identifiers to look up (bulk supported).

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

Search entities by legal name (bulk supported). Use 'Name matching' below to choose exact or fuzzy search.

## `registrationNumbers` (type: `array`):

Search by local business register number (e.g. Companies House number, KBO/BCE number, Handelsregister number).

## `nameMatching` (type: `string`):

How company names are matched.

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

Optional. Only return entities whose legal address is in this country, e.g. DE, BE, US.

## `onlyActive` (type: `boolean`):

Skip inactive (merged, dissolved) entities.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

For name and registration-number searches.

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

Add direct and ultimate parent LEI + name (corporate ownership, Level 2 data).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "leis": [
    "529900T8BM49AURSDO55"
  ],
  "companyNames": [
    "Apple Inc"
  ],
  "nameMatching": "fuzzy",
  "onlyActive": false,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 5,
  "includeParents": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All extracted records (dataset).

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts per input and any inputs without results.

# 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": [
        "529900T8BM49AURSDO55"
    ],
    "companyNames": [
        "Apple Inc"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thecreat0r/gleif-lei-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": ["529900T8BM49AURSDO55"],
    "companyNames": ["Apple Inc"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thecreat0r/gleif-lei-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": [
    "529900T8BM49AURSDO55"
  ],
  "companyNames": [
    "Apple Inc"
  ]
}' |
apify call thecreat0r/gleif-lei-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thecreat0r/gleif-lei-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/N2UIFgCj8QylBdWFt/builds/yTjjiQZNd4vicTRG4/openapi.json