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★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★
PRICE: 5 CENTS
The world’s largest open database of legal entities, offering both a public-facing search and an API. Free access is available for personal or public-benefit use, while commercial API access and bulk datasets require a paid plan. Bulk deliveries are provided via SFTP in CSV format, and the platform includes a public status page for web, API, knowledge base, and SFTP availability.
Key features
- 230M+ company records spanning 145+ jurisdictions, aggregated from 140+ official registries with full provenance and source links.
- Versioned REST API with JSON (default) or XML output; API keys required. Free tier provides up to 200 requests per month (50 per day).
- OpenRefine Reconciliation API allows entity-matching from company names to legal identifiers.
- Enterprise bulk access via SFTP, with six structured CSV datasets (Companies, Officers, Non-Registered Addresses, Alternative Names, Additional Identifiers, and Relationships).
- Relationships dataset includes 30M+ links covering subsidiaries, branches, control statements, and shareholdings, with data from sources like the SEC and UK PSC.
- Data acquisition ranges from hourly to quarterly; registry ingestion checks run every 5 minutes. Bulk deliveries are typically no more than one month behind official registries.
- Self-serve API plans (Essentials, Starter) provide capped monthly calls; higher-volume and enterprise contracts available for bulk delivery.
- Public status page with JSON feed and webhook subscriptions tracks availability for the website, API, knowledge base, and SFTP services.
- Founded in 2010 as a public-benefit company, with open data available under ODbL licensing for non-commercial projects.
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