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Global Business Advanced - Search Entity by Name

Overview & Purpose

This API enables users to search for business entities based on various criteria such as country, state, entity name, entity status, incorporation date, and inactive flag.

Upon making a request, the API returns a list of matching companies that meet the specified criteria.

Each company in the list is accompanied by comprehensive information, including its name, business ID, country, state, company type, address details, status, incorporation date, dissolution date, registry URL, and more.

This API is useful for conducting searches and retrieving detailed information about business entities for various purposes such as due diligence, compliance checks, and business research.

API Details

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Input Parameters

PARAMETERS

DESCRIPTION

TYPE

VALUE (COMPULSORY OR OPTIONAL)

entityName

Name of the company to be searched

String

COMPULSORY

country

Country Code of the country

String

OPTIONAL

state

State Code of the company

String

CONDITIONAL

entityStatus

Status of the company

String

OPTIONAL

incorporationDate

IncorporationDate of the company

String

OPTIONAL

inactiveFlag

Inactive status of the company

String

OPTIONAL

The Supported Country Codes are listed below

COUNTRY CODE

COUNTRY NAME

AE

United Arab Emirates

AL

Albania

AU

Australia

AW

Aruba

BB

Barbados

BD

Bangladesh

BE

Belgium

BG

Bulgaria

BH

Bahrain

BL

Saint Barthélemy

BM

Bermuda

BO

Bolivia

BR

Brazil

BS

Bahamas

BY

Belarus

BZ

Belize

CA

Canada

CH

Switzerland

CW

Curacao

CY

Cyprus

CZ

Czech Republic

DE

Germany

DK

Denmark

DO

Dominican Republic

ES

Spain

FI

Finland

FR

France

FR

Réunion

GB

United Kingdom

GF

French Guiana

GG

Guernsey

GI

Gibraltar

GL

Greenland

GP

Guadeloupe

GR

Greece

HK

Hong Kong

HR

Croatia

IE

Ireland

IL

Israel

IM

Isle of Man

IN

India

IR

Iran

IS

Iceland

JE

Jersey

JM

Jamaica

JP

Japan

KH

Cambodia

LI

Liechtenstein

LU

Luxembourg

LV

Latvia

MD

Moldova

ME

Montenegro

MF

Saint Martin

MM

Myanmar

MQ

Martinique

MT

Malta

MU

Mauritius

MX

Mexico

MY

Malaysia

NL

Netherlands

NO

Norway

NZ

New Zealand

PA

Panama

PK

Pakistan

PL

Poland

PM

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

PR

Puerto Rico

PT

Portugal

RO

Romania

RW

Rwanda

SE

Sweden

SG

Singapore

SI

Slovenia

SK

Slovakia

TH

Thailand

TJ

Tajikistan

TN

Tunisia

TO

Tonga

TZ

Tanzania

UA

Ukraine

UG

Uganda

US

United States of America

VN

Viet Nam

VU

Vanuatu

YT

Mayotte

ZA

South Africa

The Supported State Codes for US are listed below

STATE CODE

STATE NAME

AK

Alaska

AL

Alabama

AR

Arkansas

AZ

Arizona

CA

California

CO

Colorado

CT

Connecticut

DC

District of Columbia

DE

Delaware

FL

Florida

GA

Georgia

HI

Hawaii

IA

Iowa

ID

Idaho

IN

Indiana

KS

Kansas

KY

Kentucky

LA

Louisiana

MA

Massachusetts

MD

Maryland

ME

Maine

MN

Minnesota

MO

Missouri

MS

Mississippi

MT

Montana

NC

North Carolina

ND

North Dakota

NE

Nebraska

NH

New Hampshire

NJ

New Jersey

NM

New Mexico

NV

Nevada

NY

New York

OH

Ohio

OK

Oklahoma

OR

Oregon

PA

Pennsylvania

RI

Rhode Island

SC

South Carolina

SD

South Dakota

TN

Tennessee

TX

Texas

UT

Utah

VA

Virginia

VT

Vermont

WA

Washington

WI

Wisconsin

WV

West Virginia

WY

Wyoming

The Supported State Codes for CA are listed below

State Code

Province

BC

British Columbia

NB

New Brunswick

NL

Newfoundland and Labrador

NS

Nova Scotia

ON

Ontario

PE

Prince Edward Island

QC

Quebec

The Supported State Codes for AE are listed below

STATE CODE

STATE NAME

AZ

Abu Dhabi (UAE)

DU

Dubai (UAE)

The Supported State Codes for FR are listed below

STATE CODE

STATE NAME

RE

Reunion

Output Parameters

Success Response & Mapping

JSON


Output Parameter

Field Name

Data Type

Description

result

Object

The root object containing all information.

companies

Array

An array of company objects.

company

Object

Information about a company.

companyName

String

The name of the company.

businessId

String

The business ID of the company.

country

String

The country where the company is located.

state

String

The state or region where the company is located.

companyType

String

The type or category of the company.

companyAddressDetails

String

Additional details about the company address.

companyAddress

Object

Address information for the company.

companyStreetAddress

String

The street address of the company.

companyLocality

String

The locality or city where the company is located.

companyRegion

String

The region or state where the company is located.

companyPostalCode

String

The postal code of the company's location.

companyCountry

String

The country where the company is located.

incorporationDate

String

The date of incorporation of the company.

currentCompanyStatus

String

The current status of the company.

isInactive

String

Indicates whether the company is inactive.

dissolutionDate

String

The date of dissolution of the company.

registryUrl

String

URL to the company's registry information.

updatedAt

String

The date when the information was last updated.

isBranch

String

Indicates whether the company is a branch.

branchStatus

String

The status of the company branch.

previousNames

Array

An array of objects containing information about previous company names.

companyPreviousName

String

The previous name of the company.

startDate

String

The start date of the previous company name.

endDate

String

The end date of the previous company name.

source

String

The source of the company information.

sourceUrl

String

URL to the source of the company information.

industryCodes

Array

An array of objects containing industry code information.

industryCodeDescription

String

Description of the industry code.

industryCodeSchemeId

String

The ID of the industry code scheme.

industryCodeScheme

String

The name or scheme of the industry code.



Error Code Response & Mapping

JSON


Field Name

Data Type

Description

error

Object

The root object containing error details.

statusCode

Number

The HTTP status code indicating the error (409).

name

String

The name or type of the error ("error").

message

String

A descriptive error message explaining the issue ("Error in getting data from upstream").

status

Number

An additional status code providing more information about the error (409).



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