Business ID Checker: EU VAT, UK VAT, IBAN, LEI, EORI

What it does: Validate EU VAT (live VIES), UK VAT, IBAN, LEI and EORI numbers in one batch call, with registered names where available.

Who it's for: Invoicing, payments, onboarding/KYB and e-commerce agents that must verify customer or supplier identifiers.

Price: Pay per event: $0.005 per identifier. Rows where the official service was down are not charged. You only pay Apify for what you run; there is no monthly fee for this Actor.

Validate a batch of business identifiers in one call. Built for AI agents, KYB / KYC, onboarding, invoicing and payments checks.

Identifier	How it's checked	Source
EU VAT number (all EU states + XI)	Live, with registered name/address where the country shares it	EU VIES REST API (European Commission)
UK VAT number (GB)	Format + HMRC check-digit (check: "format-only"). Live HMRC lookup only when HMRC credentials are configured	HMRC algorithm
IBAN (90+ countries)	Offline: country length + ISO 13616 mod-97; returns bank code, and UK/IE sort code + account number	ISO 13616 / SWIFT IBAN structure
LEI	Checksum + live record: legal name, status, jurisdiction, renewal	GLEIF API (CC0)
EORI (EU)	Live	EU EOS EORI validation service

Input

{"identifiers": ["IE6388047V", "GB82WEST12345698765432", "2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46", "GB220430231", {"value": "IE3206488LH", "type": "eori"}]}

Plain strings are auto-detected. EORI numbers need "type": "eori". Max 500 per run.

Output

One row per identifier: type, valid (true / false / null if the official service was unavailable), check (live_vies, live_gleif, live_eu_eos, offline, format-only), reason, name fields and source.

Pricing

One id-check event per identifier checked. Rows where the official service was down are not charged.

Keywords: VAT number validation, VIES API, EU VAT check, UK VAT checker, IBAN validator, IBAN checker, LEI lookup, GLEIF, EORI check, KYB, supplier onboarding, invoice verification, AI agent tool, MCP.

Quick example

Input

{
 "identifiers": [
  "IE6388047V",
  "GB82WEST12345698765432",
  "2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46",
  "GB220430231"
 ]
}

Output (one dataset item, shortened)

{
 "type": "eu_vat",
 "input": "IE6388047V",
 "country": "IE",
 "vat_number": "6388047V",
 "check": "live_vies",
 "valid": true,
 "name": "GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED",
 "address": "3RD FLOOR, GORDON HOUSE, BARROW STREET, DUBLIN 4",
 "request_date": "2026-10-21T09:59:13.705Z",
 "source": "EU VIES REST API (European Commission)",
 "checked_at": "2026-10-21T09:59:13+00:00"
}

Use it from AI agents (MCP) and code

• Apify MCP server: add https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tudorlane/business-id-check to Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT connectors, VS Code or any MCP client (sign in with Apify OAuth or an API token). The Actor appears as a tool the model can call.
• REST (sync): POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tudorlane~business-id-check/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN with the input JSON as the body; results come back in the response.
• SDKs / no-code: apify-client (Python/JS), LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, n8n, Make and Zapier integrations.

FAQ

Is UK VAT checked live? Format and HMRC check digit offline; live only when HMRC credentials are configured.

Auto-detect? Yes for VAT, IBAN and LEI; EORI needs "type": "eori".

What if the source is down? You get an error row and are not charged for it.

Support? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.

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Keywords: VAT number validation API, VIES API, EU VAT check, IBAN validator API, LEI lookup, EORI validation, KYB, MCP tool, Apify Actor, AI agent tool.