# CompanyLens, free: Business verification API

> Search for companies by name, or browse by structured filters — status, entity type, and incorporation date — across 19 jurisdictions.

CompanyLens'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, Status, Formation date, 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/companylens/free
- Get it: https://companylens.io/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.companylens.io/v1/companies/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://companylens.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://companylens.io/docs/api/companies/search
- Sold by: CompanyLens (https://companylens.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Registered name: ✓
- Entity number: ✓
- 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: Get company · Get company officers · Get company beneficial owners · Get company filings · Get corporate network · Get company charges · Get companies by address · Batch company lookup · Autocomplete companies · Search people · Search officers · Search beneficial owners · Search disqualified directors · Get person profile · Get disqualified director profile

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search for companies by name, or browse by structured filters — status, entity type, and incorporation date — across 19 jurisdictions.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to: Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation. [...] Scrape, bulk-download, or systematically cache the entire dataset for redistribution as a competing service. Use the data for unsolicited marketing, spam, or harassment of individuals named in company records. Circumvent rate limits, authentication, or access controls. Share, resell, or sublicence API keys to third parties. Use automated tools to create multiple accounts to evade usage limits. [...] When you redistribute data obtained through CompanyLens, you must comply with the applicable licence terms for each jurisdiction.

## Plan

- Pay: £0
- You get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 50
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: q, jurisdiction, status, searchMode, page, pageSize
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/companies/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with an account

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

entity ID, entity name, jurisdiction, status, incorporation date, dissolution date, registered address, industry code, ticker, total results

## CompanyLens's plans (7)

- [CompanyLens, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, stored
- [CompanyLens, £39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/39-monthly/llms.txt): $10.401 per 1,000, 45% complete, stored
- [CompanyLens, £99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/99-monthly/llms.txt): $5.281 per 1,000, 45% complete, stored
- [CompanyLens, £299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/299-monthly/llms.txt): $3.987 per 1,000, 45% complete, stored
- [CompanyLens, £372 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/372-yearly/llms.txt): $8.268 per 1,000, 45% complete, stored
- [CompanyLens, £948 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/948-yearly/llms.txt): $4.214 per 1,000, 45% complete, stored
- [CompanyLens, £2,868 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/2868-yearly/llms.txt): $3.187 per 1,000, 45% complete, stored

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

- `GET /v1/companies/search`: [CompanyLens, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/free/llms.txt)

## CompanyLens's APIs (2)

- [CompanyLens: business verification API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companylens/free/llms.txt)
- [CompanyLens: company enrichment API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/companylens/free/llms.txt)

## CompanyLens: business verification API alternatives

- [Infyner, ₹10,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/infyner/10000-pack/llms.txt): $1.053 per 1,000, 27% complete, stored
- [OpenSOSData, $1,000 monthly, Enterprise Cached, POST /v1/bulk-lookup/upload](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opensosdata/1000-monthly-enterprise-cached-post-v1-bulk-lookup-upload/llms.txt): $3.14 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [OneShot, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/oneshot/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, stored
- [OpenCorporates, £12,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opencorporates/12000-yearly/llms.txt): $266.70 per 1,000, 55% complete, stored

## 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://api.companylens.io/docs/swagger
- https://companylens.io
- https://companylens.io/docs/api-reference
- https://companylens.io/docs/api/companies/search
- https://companylens.io/docs/data/jurisdictions
- https://companylens.io/docs/reference/rate-limits
- https://companylens.io/pricing
- https://companylens.io/terms