# Brazilayer, pay as you go, Pay per call over x402, GET /v1/cnpj/situacao/{cnpj}: Business verification API

> Does this CNPJ exist in the official registry, and is it active? The cheapest paid check in the catalog.

Brazilayer's Pay per call over x402 plan for the business verification API costs $1.00 per 1,000 companies. Brazilayer's docs list 3 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Entity number, Status, Principal address.
We haven't run Brazilayer through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,165 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $8.182 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 69% of the 1,165 plans.
[CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/charityapi/15-monthly-paid-get-api-organizations-ein/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. CharityAPI's plan covers companies in the United States only. CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as CharityAPI's rate limit allows. [ApiZero's CNY 399 yearly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/apizero/cny-399-yearly-diamond-membership-get-api-company-search/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 companies a month: about $4.97.
[Scoris's €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris's €19 pack costs more up front than CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan.
[GovFiles](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/govfiles/top-up/llms.txt), [Didit](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/didit/top-up-from-50/llms.txt) and [CompanyData.com](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/249-monthly/llms.txt) are the best business verification API providers in the Datacircle benchmark for companies in any country.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-situacao-cnpj
- [Business verification API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.brazilayer.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.brazilayer.com/v1/cnpj/situacao/{cnpj}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.brazilayer.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: Brazilayer (https://brazilayer.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Entity number: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Principal address: ✓ town or region

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $1.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Does this CNPJ exist in the official registry, and is it active? The cheapest paid check in the catalog.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 month
- Countries: Brazil
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: O acesso é aberto a qualquer cliente (humano ou agente de IA) mediante pagamento por chamada via x402. [...] É vedado usar o serviço para tentar reidentificar pessoas físicas a partir dos dados mascarados, ou para qualquer finalidade ilícita sob a lei brasileira (incluindo a LGPD, Lei nº 13.709/2018).

## Plan

- Pay: per call
- You get: 1 request
- Enough for: 1 call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: cnpj
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/cnpj/situacao/{cnpj}

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay per call over x402
- Who can get it: anyone, human or AI agent, who pays each call in USDC on Base over x402

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

CNPJ, exists in registry, status code, status, status date, headquarters or branch, state, source name, source reference month

## Brazilayer's plans (1)

- [Brazilayer, pay as you go, Pay per call over x402, GET /v1/cnpj/situacao/{cnpj}](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-situacao-cnpj/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 month

## Brazilayer's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /v1/cnpj/situacao/{cnpj}`: [Brazilayer, pay as you go, Pay per call over x402, GET /v1/cnpj/situacao/{cnpj}](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-situacao-cnpj/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/bcb/instituicao/{cnpj}`: [Brazilayer, pay as you go, Pay per call over x402, GET /v1/bcb/instituicao/{cnpj}](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-bcb-instituicao-cnpj/llms.txt)

## Brazilayer's APIs (3)

- [Brazilayer: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/cnpj/situacao/{cnpj}](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-situacao-cnpj/llms.txt)
- [Brazilayer: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/cnpj/empresa/{cnpj}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-empresa-cnpj/llms.txt)
- [Brazilayer: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/cnpj/empresa/{cnpj}/socios](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-empresa-cnpj-socios/llms.txt)
- [Brazilayer: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/cnpj/empresa/{cnpj}/completo](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-empresa-cnpj-completo/llms.txt)
- [Brazilayer: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/empresa/enriquecer/{cnpj}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-empresa-enriquecer-cnpj/llms.txt)
- [Brazilayer: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/cnpj/busca](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-busca/llms.txt)
- [Brazilayer: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/cnpj/socio/busca](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/brazilayer/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-over-x402-get-v1-cnpj-socio-busca/llms.txt)

## Brazilayer: business verification API alternatives

- [cnpj.ia.br, R$500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cnpj-ia-br/r-500-pack/llms.txt): $0.984 per 1,000, 36% complete, 1 month
- [FirmeAPI, RON 999.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/firmeapi/ron-999-99-pack/llms.txt): $0.985 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 week
- [NeuralVerge, $50 monthly, Base, POST /functions/v1/run-lei-lookup-companies-search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/neuralverge/50-monthly-base-post-functions-v1-run-lei-lookup-companies-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [cvr.dev, DKK 499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cvr-dev/dkk-499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.002 per 1,000, 55% complete, 1 minute

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://api.brazilayer.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.brazilayer.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.brazilayer.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.brazilayer.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.brazilayer.com/termos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://brazilayer.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing