# Companyfacts, free: Business verification API

> Searches one country's official company register by name and returns registered companies in one consistent shape: number, legal name, status, legal form, dates, town and postcode, and a link to the register entry.

Companyfacts's business verification API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 5 of the 11 key fields we check: Registered name, Entity number, Entity type, Status, Principal address.
You get up to 300 calls a month.
In [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt), the best plan from Companyfacts scores 73.5 out of 100.
This plan is free. We rank 793 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less.
[EuroValidate's €149 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eurovalidate/149-monthly-scale-post-v1-validate/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies: $0.017. EuroValidate's plan covers companies in 31 countries only.
[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 less up front than EuroValidate's €149 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/companyfacts/free
- [Business verification API: 11 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://companyfacts.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://companyfacts.dev/v1/company-registry`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://companyfacts.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: Companyfacts (https://companyfacts.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Registered name: ✓
- Entity number: ✓
- Entity type: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Principal address: ✓ town or region

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: /v1/companies endpoint · /v1/jobs endpoint · /v1/changes endpoint · /v1/read endpoint · /v1/email-check endpoint · /v1/domain endpoint · /v1/tech-stack endpoint · /v1/vat endpoint · /v1/papers endpoint · /v1/hacker-news endpoint · /v1/sec-financials endpoint · /v1/hiring-summary endpoint · /v1/federal-contracts endpoint · /v1/app-store endpoint · /v1/company endpoint · /v1/company-contacts endpoint · /v1/new-businesses endpoint · /v1/company-changes endpoint · /v1/company-search endpoint · /v1/x402-route endpoint

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Searches one country's official company register by name and returns registered companies in one consistent shape: number, legal name, status, legal form, dates, town and postcode, and a link to the register entry.

## Data

- Countries: United Kingdom, Norway, France, Finland, Czechia, Slovakia, Ireland, Australia, United States
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 300 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.94 s

## The call

- You send: name, country. Optional: state, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/company-registry

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

registration number, legal name, status, legal form, dates, town, postcode, register entry URL

## Companyfacts's plans (4)

- [Companyfacts, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyfacts/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Companyfacts, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyfacts/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Companyfacts, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyfacts/10-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Companyfacts, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyfacts/49-monthly/llms.txt): $2.45 per 1,000, 45% complete

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

- `GET /v1/company-registry`: [Companyfacts, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyfacts/free/llms.txt)

## Companyfacts's APIs (6)

- [Companyfacts: business verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyfacts/free/llms.txt)
- [Companyfacts: company open jobs API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/companyfacts/free/llms.txt)
- [Companyfacts: tech stack API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/companyfacts/free/llms.txt)
- [Companyfacts: email verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/companyfacts/free/llms.txt)
- [Companyfacts: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/companyfacts/free/llms.txt)
- [Companyfacts: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/companyfacts/free-get-v1-company/llms.txt)
- [Companyfacts: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/company-contacts](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/companyfacts/free-get-v1-company-contacts/llms.txt)

## Companyfacts: business verification API alternatives

- [Prometiam, €99.99 monthly, Scale, GET /companies/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/prometiam/99-99-monthly-scale-get-companies-search/llms.txt): $2.25 per 1,000, 64% complete, stored
- [Pappers, €300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/pappers/300-monthly/llms.txt): $2.251 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Piloterr, $528 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/piloterr/528-yearly/llms.txt): $2.444 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Scavio, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scavio/500-monthly/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 45% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://companyfacts.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://companyfacts.dev/company-data-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://companyfacts.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://companyfacts.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://companyfacts.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://companyfacts.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing