# CompanyData.com, free API credits: Business verification API

> Know Your Business verification from official registers: legal existence, status, address, officers and ownership in one API call.

CompanyData.com's business verification API on its Free API credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 2 of the 11 key fields we check: Registered name, Principal address.
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/companydata-com/free-api-credits
- Get it: https://companydata.com/request-bold-api-credits/
- Request: `GET https://app.companydata.com/api/company/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://companydata.com/request-bold-api-credits/
- Its API docs: https://companydata.com/api-docs/request-company/#company-search
- Sold by: CompanyData.com (https://companydata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 18%
- Registered name: ✓
- Principal address: ✓ town or region

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: Company export call (/api/company/export), 200 download credits

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Know Your Business verification from official registers: legal existence, status, address, officers and ownership in one API call.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 400 credits
- Enough for: 400 calls, once
- Expires: two weeks

## Rate limit

- Per second: 50
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of search or nationalId. Optional: page, pageSize, ID, sic4Digits, importExportCode, legalStatus, statusCode, subsidiaryCode, countryCode, strictCountry, provinceName, cityName, streetName, regionName, countryName, postalCode, postalCodeInteger, employeesHere, employeesTotal, annualSales, foundingYears, phoneNumber, email, worldwideHeadquarterID, website, hasEmail, hasMarketability, hasPhone, hasFax, hasContactPerson, hasWebsite, hasNationalID, hasBusinessName, hasStreetAddress, hasPostalCode, hasCEOName
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free API credits
- Who can get it: anyone with a company email address (not Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, etc.)

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

company ID, company name, country, city, total results, total pages

## CompanyData.com's plans (11)

- [CompanyData.com, free API credits](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, free, 7-day free trial](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/free-7-day-free-trial/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/39-monthly/llms.txt): $156.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/99-monthly/llms.txt): $79.20 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/249-monthly/llms.txt): $39.84 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $599 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/599-monthly/llms.txt): $23.96 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $408 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/408-yearly/llms.txt): $136.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $948 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/948-yearly/llms.txt): $63.20 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $2,388 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/2388-yearly/llms.txt): $31.84 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $5,748 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/5748-yearly/llms.txt): $19.16 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/contact-us/llms.txt): 18% complete, 1 month

## CompanyData.com's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/company/search`: [CompanyData.com, free API credits](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits/llms.txt)

## CompanyData.com's APIs (4)

- [CompanyData.com: company enrichment API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/companydata-com/free-7-day-free-trial/llms.txt)
- [CompanyData.com: company hierarchy API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/companydata-com/free-7-day-free-trial/llms.txt)
- [CompanyData.com: business verification API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits/llms.txt)
- [CompanyData.com: company discovery API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits/llms.txt)

## CompanyData.com: business verification API alternatives

- [NeuralVerge, $1,000 monthly, Enterprise, POST /functions/v1/run-lei-lookup-companies-search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/neuralverge/1000-monthly-enterprise-post-functions-v1-run-lei-lookup-companies-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [handelsregister.ai, €69 monthly, Plus, GET /v1/search-organizations](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/handelsregister-ai/69-monthly-plus-get-v1-search-organizations/llms.txt): $9.706 per 1,000, 45% complete, 1 month
- [Scavio, top-up from $25](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scavio/top-up-from-25/llms.txt): $10.00 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

## 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://app.companydata.com/signup-api
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/authentication/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/disclaimer/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/quickstart/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/request-company/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/use-cases/company-search/
- https://companydata.com/company-data-api/
- https://companydata.com/data-license/
- https://companydata.com/kyb-api/
- https://companydata.com/pricing
- https://companydata.com/request-bold-api-credits/