# Company Registry Lookup — LEI, Norway & Finland Official Data (`tidydata/company-registry-lookup`) Actor

Look up companies in official open registries: the global LEI database (GLEIF, 2.8M+ legal entities), Norway's Brønnøysund register and Finland's PRH. Name, ID, LEI, status, legal form, address, industry and registration date. $1 per 1,000 companies.

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

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 company returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## Company Registry Lookup — LEI, Norway & Finland official data

Look up companies in **official open registries** and get clean, structured data: legal name, registry ID, **LEI**, status, legal form, address, industry code, registration date, website and a link to the official record.

| Registry | Coverage | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| **GLEIF** (Global LEI Index) | 2.8M+ legal entities in 200+ countries that have a Legal Entity Identifier | CC0 |
| **Norway** — Brønnøysund Register Centre | Every registered business in Norway, with industry (NACE) codes and employee counts | NLOD 2.0 |
| **Finland** — PRH / YTJ open data | Every registered business in Finland, with main business line and website | CC BY 4.0 |

### Why use it

- **Official sources only** — no scraping of commercial websites.
- **One format for all registries** — the same columns whatever the source.
- **Search by name or by ID** — LEI (20 characters), Norwegian organisation number (9 digits) or Finnish Business ID (1234567-8).
- **Bulk** — thousands of names in one run; failed lookups are free.
- **Privacy by design** — sole proprietorships (whose name is a person's name) are excluded and no directors, owners or other people are returned.

### Use cases

KYC and supplier onboarding, enriching CRM and lead lists with legal names and LEIs, checking that a company is active, mapping subsidiaries by country, B2B data cleaning.

### Input

```json
{ "queries": ["Equinor", "Nokia", "529900W18LQJJN6SJ336"], "registries": ["gleif", "norway", "finland"], "maxResultsPerQuery": 10, "onlyActive": true }
```

### Output (one row per company)

```json
{
  "query": "Equinor", "source": "Brønnøysundregistrene", "country": "NO", "name": "EQUINOR ASA", "registryId": "923609016",
  "status": "ACTIVE", "legalForm": "Allmennaksjeselskap", "address": "Forusbeen 50", "postalCode": "4035", "city": "STAVANGER",
  "registrationDate": "1995-02-12", "industry": "Utvinning av råolje", "industryCode": "06.100", "employees": 21000,
  "website": "www.equinor.com", "registryUrl": "https://virksomhet.brreg.no/nb/oppslag/enheter/923609016"
}
```

### Pricing

**$1 per 1,000 companies** returned. Searches with no results and failed lookups are free.

### Sources and attribution

Data from the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF, CC0), the Brønnøysund Register Centre (Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data, NLOD 2.0) and the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH, CC BY 4.0). This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by these organisations. Data is provided as published by the registries; always check the official record for legal decisions.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Company names (fuzzy search) or IDs: a 20-character LEI, a Norwegian organisation number (9 digits) or a Finnish Business ID (1234567-8).

## `registries` (type: `array`):

Where to search. GLEIF covers 2.8M+ legal entities in 200+ countries that have a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). Norway and Finland are the full national business registers.

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

How many matches to return for each name in each registry (1-100).

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

Skip dissolved, bankrupt, deleted or inactive entities.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "Equinor",
    "Nokia",
    "Siemens"
  ],
  "registries": [
    "gleif",
    "norway",
    "finland"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
  "onlyActive": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per result.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "Equinor",
        "Nokia",
        "Siemens"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tidydata/company-registry-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 = { "queries": [
        "Equinor",
        "Nokia",
        "Siemens",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tidydata/company-registry-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "Equinor",
    "Nokia",
    "Siemens"
  ]
}' |
apify call tidydata/company-registry-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tidydata/company-registry-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/w0TVVBDATchxeyGsp/builds/Nw7mnd0cAbqbbYdxn/openapi.json