# CBEAPI, free: Business verification API

> Query the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises data through a fast, documented API designed for developers.

CBEAPI's business verification API on its Starter plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 5 of the 11 key fields we check: Registered name, Entity type, Status, Formation date, Principal address.
You get up to 75,000 calls a month.
We rank 523 plans by price. [KVK's €6.40 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/kvk/6-40-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies: as little as $0.024. KVK's €6.40 monthly plan covers up to 300,000 companies a month at no extra cost.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/free
- Get it: https://cbeapi.be/pricing
- Request: `GET https://cbeapi.be/api/v1/company/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://cbeapi.be/pricing
- Its API docs: https://cbeapi.be/docs/api#/operations/searchCompany
- Sold by: CBEAPI (https://cbeapi.be)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Registered name: ✓
- Entity type: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Formation date: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search for companies by address components · Get company information by BCE number · Get establishment information by establishment number · Get NACE codes hierarchy · Get a NACE code with its hierarchy · Get companies by NACE code · Get all juridical forms · Get companies by juridical form · Get all juridical situations

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Query the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises data through a fast, documented API designed for developers.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 month
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- Enough for: 75,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 2,500
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: at least one of name or post_code. Optional: lang
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Starter
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 48 fields the plan's answer can hold

CBE number, formatted CBE number, registered name, abbreviation, commercial name, branch name, registered name with legal form, registered address street, registered address street number, registered address box, registered address extra info, registered address post code, registered address city, registered address country code, full registered address, registered address striking off date, establishment CBE number, establishment number, establishment start date, establishment street, establishment post code, establishment city, establishment house number, establishment box, establishment extra info, establishment country code, establishment full address, establishment address type, establishment striking off date, legal form, legal form code, legal form short name, status, legal situation, legal situation code, entity type, entity type label, start date, contact email, contact phone, website, NACE code, NACE description, NACE classification, NACE version, total results, data freshness, data as of date

## CBEAPI's plans (8)

- [CBEAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 month
- [CBEAPI, €9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.135 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 day
- [CBEAPI, €39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/39-monthly/llms.txt): $0.059 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 day
- [CBEAPI, €129 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/129-monthly/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 day
- [CBEAPI, €90 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/90-yearly/llms.txt): $0.111 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 day
- [CBEAPI, €390 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/390-yearly/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 day
- [CBEAPI, €1,290 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/1290-yearly/llms.txt): $0.04 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 day
- [CBEAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 45% complete, 1 day

## CBEAPI's calls (1)

- `GET /v1/company/search`: [CBEAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/free/llms.txt)

## CBEAPI's APIs (1)

- [CBEAPI: business verification API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cbeapi/free/llms.txt)

## CBEAPI: business verification API alternatives

- [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
- [Scavio, $4,788 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scavio/4788-yearly/llms.txt): $1.995 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [OpenSOSData, $500 pack, Enterprise, POST /v1/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opensosdata/500-pack-enterprise-post-v1-lookup/llms.txt): $31.40 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Strale, pay as you go, x402 (USDC on Base), GET /x402/v2/belgian-company-data](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/strale/pay-as-you-go-x402-usdc-on-base-get-x402-v2-belgian-company-data/llms.txt): $54.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-31.

- https://cbeapi.be
- https://cbeapi.be/data
- https://cbeapi.be/docs/api
- https://cbeapi.be/docs/api.json
- https://cbeapi.be/legal/legal-mentions
- https://cbeapi.be/llms.txt
- https://cbeapi.be/pricing