# CelerAPI, pay as you go: Business verification API

> Resolve a company name to candidate legal entities and registration identifiers through authoritative registries in the United Kingdom and Norway.

CelerAPI's x402 pay per call plan for the business verification API costs $5.00 per 1,000 companies. CelerAPI's docs list 6 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Registered name, Entity number, Entity type, Status, Formation date, Principal address.
We haven't run CelerAPI 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 55% 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/celerapi/pay-as-you-go
- [Business verification API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.celerapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.celerapi.com/v1/company/search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://www.celerapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: CelerAPI (https://www.celerapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 55%
- Registered name: ✓
- Entity number: ✓
- Entity type: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Formation date: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $5.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Resolve a company name to candidate legal entities and registration identifiers through authoritative registries in the United Kingdom and Norway.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: United Kingdom, Norway
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: country, jurisdiction
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC from a wallet (x402)

## The 36 fields the plan's answer can hold

entity ID, legal name, company number, registration number, jurisdiction, country, company status, status, company type, entity type, incorporation date, dissolution date, registered office premises, registered office address line 1, registered office address line 2, registered office locality, registered office region, registered office postal code, registered office country, registered office care of, registered office PO box, registered address premises, registered address address line 1, registered address address line 2, registered address locality, registered address region, registered address postal code, registered address country, registered address care of, registered address PO box, source authority, source provider, local identifiers, match type, available capabilities, retrieved at

## CelerAPI's plans (1)

- [CelerAPI, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live

## CelerAPI's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/company/search`: [CelerAPI, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## CelerAPI's APIs (5)

- [CelerAPI: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-search/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/lei/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-lei-search/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/entity/profile](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-entity-profile/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/company/{companyNumber}/profile](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-companynumber-profile/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/lei/{lei}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-lei-lei/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company hierarchy API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/company/{companyNumber}/officers](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-companynumber-officers/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/entity/officers](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-entity-officers/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/entity/owners](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-entity-owners/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/company/{companyNumber}/owners](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-companynumber-owners/llms.txt)

## CelerAPI: business verification API alternatives

- [Eckari, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/entities/lei/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-entities-lei-search/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [W System EU Business Data, €19 monthly, Starter, GET /company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/w-system-eu-business-data/19-monthly-starter-get-company/llms.txt): $4.276 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Scavio, $30 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scavio/30-monthly/llms.txt): $4.286 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/czechia](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-czechia/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 27% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://www.celerapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://www.celerapi.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://www.celerapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing