# DATA.GOV.HK, free: Business verification API

> We have come up with different API builders to help you extract the data based on your Query, or Historical Data.

DATA.GOV.HK's Free plan for the business verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. DATA.GOV.HK's docs list 1: Registered name.
DATA.GOV.HK limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt), this plan scores 82.9 out of 100.
We rank 1,735 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 227 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,735 plans. [See the best free business verification API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
[Scoris' €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris' €19 pack costs less up front than SafeDeal's ₸50,000 (about $110) 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/data-gov-hk/free
- [Business verification API in 2026: the 8 best compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://data.gov.hk/en/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.data.gov.hk/v2/filter`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://data.gov.hk/en/help/api-spec?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: DATA.GOV.HK (https://data.gov.hk?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 9%
- Registered name: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 82.9
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 82
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: We have come up with different API builders to help you extract the data based on your Query, or Historical Data.

## Data

- Countries: Hong Kong
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "You are allowed to browse, download, distribute, reproduce, hyperlink to, and print the Data for both commercial and non-commercial purposes on a free-of-charge basis on condition that:- you shall comply with the Terms of Use, you shall identify clearly the source of the Data and acknowledge the Government and the Relevant Organisations' ownership of the intellectual property rights in the Data and in all copies thereof [...], you shall indemnify the Government and the Relevant Organisations against any allegations or claims of infringement [...], you shall also give proper attribution to the Government, the Relevant Organisations and DATA.GOV.HK." Its FAQ: "Except re-sale of the data, there is no restriction on the uses of the data so long as the users comply with the respective Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK and related websites"

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.35 s

## The call

- You send: q.resource. Optional: q.section, q.filter, q.sorts, q.format
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2/filter

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

MLR number, licence number, period, English name, Chinese name, expiry date, remarks

## DATA.GOV.HK's plans (1)

- [DATA.GOV.HK, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-gov-hk/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 9% complete

## DATA.GOV.HK's calls (1)

- `GET /v2/filter`: [DATA.GOV.HK, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-gov-hk/free/llms.txt)

## DATA.GOV.HK's APIs (1)

- [DATA.GOV.HK: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-gov-hk/free/llms.txt)

## DATA.GOV.HK: business verification API alternatives

- [Latinfo, free, GET /co/rues/registry/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/latinfo/free-get-co-rues-registry-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, stored
- [INSEE, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/insee/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours
- [Scoris, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 week
- [Milquery, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/milquery/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, stored
- [data.egov.kz, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/data-egov-kz/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-09.

- https://data.gov.hk/en/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://data.gov.hk/en/help/api-spec?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://data.gov.hk/en/user-guide?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://www.cr.gov.hk/datagovhk/psi/ml_licensees.csv?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing