# CompanyVerify, free pilot, GET /v1/uk/company/search: Business verification API

> Search the UK Companies House register by name or number. Returns candidate companies with number, status, type, incorporation date and registered address, with provenance.

CompanyVerify's business verification API on its Free pilot plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. CompanyVerify's docs list 6 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Registered name, Entity number, Entity type, Status, Formation date, Principal address.
You get up to 60,000 calls a month.
In [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt), this plan scores 94.5 out of 100.
Half of the 935 plans we rank by price cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 72 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 935 plans. [See how many business verification API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
[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/companyverify/free-pilot-get-v1-uk-company-search
- [Business verification API: the 12 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://companyverify.uk/guide?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.companyverify.uk/v1/uk/company/search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.companyverify.uk/catalogue.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: CompanyVerify (https://companyverify.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Score

- Overall score: 94.5
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 100
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 83
- Performance score: 56

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: UK company profile with officers · LEI lookup (GLEIF) · UK counterparty evidence pack · Entity match verdict · Sanctions screen (primary lists)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search the UK Companies House register by name or number. Returns candidate companies with number, status, type, incorporation date and registered address, with provenance.

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Countries: United Kingdom
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 60,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 2,000
- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.18 s

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/uk/company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free pilot
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

company name, company number, company status, company type, incorporation date, registered address, source, source URL, retrieved at

## CompanyVerify's plans (1)

- [CompanyVerify, free pilot, GET /v1/uk/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyverify/free-pilot-get-v1-uk-company-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours

## CompanyVerify's calls for this API (3)

- `GET /v1/lei/lookup`: [CompanyVerify, free pilot, GET /v1/lei/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyverify/free-pilot-get-v1-lei-lookup/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/uk/company/search`: [CompanyVerify, free pilot, GET /v1/uk/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyverify/free-pilot-get-v1-uk-company-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/counterparty/evidence`: [CompanyVerify, free pilot, POST /v1/counterparty/evidence](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyverify/free-pilot-post-v1-counterparty-evidence/llms.txt)

## CompanyVerify's APIs (2)

- [CompanyVerify: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/companyverify/free/llms.txt)
- [CompanyVerify: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/uk/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyverify/free-pilot-get-v1-uk-company-search/llms.txt)

## CompanyVerify: business verification API alternatives

- [INSEE, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/insee/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours
- [Brreg, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brreg/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Foretak, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/foretak/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours
- [data.gov.il, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-gov-il/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, 1 day
- [Companies Registration Office, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companies-registration-office/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, 1 day

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://api.companyverify.uk/catalogue.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.companyverify.uk/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.companyverify.uk/telemetry-notice?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://companyverify.uk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://companyverify.uk/guide?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing