# Eckari, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/companies/uk/search: Business verification API

> Find UK companies by name or keyword and get the company number every other UK capability takes, with register status and incorporation date.

Eckari's x402 plan for the business verification API costs $2.00 per 1,000 companies. Eckari's docs list 5 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Registered name, Entity type, Status, Formation date, Principal address.
We haven't run Eckari through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 1,062 plans we rank by price cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 61% of the 1,062 plans.
[CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/charityapi/15-monthly-paid-get-api-organizations-ein/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. CharityAPI's plan covers companies in the United States only. CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as CharityAPI's rate limit allows.
[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/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-companies-uk-search
- [Business verification API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://eckari.com/capabilities?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.eckari.com/v1/companies/uk/search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://eckari.com/capabilities/company.uk.search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: Eckari (https://eckari.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Registered name: ✓
- Entity type: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Formation date: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $2.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find UK companies by name or keyword and get the company number every other UK capability takes, with register status and incorporation date.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: United Kingdom
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: When meta.attribution is present the source licence requires it: republish it with the data.

## Plan

- Pay: per call
- You get: 1 request
- Enough for: 1 call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: limit, offset
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/companies/uk/search

## About the plan

- Plan: x402
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account: each call is paid in USDC on Base (eip155:8453)

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

match rank, company ID, name, status, active flag, company type, incorporation date, cessation date, address, total results

## Eckari's plans (1)

- [Eckari, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/companies/uk/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-companies-uk-search/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live

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

- `GET /v1/companies/us/resolve`: [Eckari, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/companies/us/resolve](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-companies-us-resolve/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/companies/uk/search`: [Eckari, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/companies/uk/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-companies-uk-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/entities/lei/search`: [Eckari, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/entities/lei/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-entities-lei-search/llms.txt)

## Eckari's APIs (3)

- [Eckari: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/domains/{domain}/expiry](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-domains-domain-expiry/llms.txt)
- [Eckari: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/domains/{domain}/registration](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-domains-domain-registration/llms.txt)
- [Eckari: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/companies/uk/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-companies-uk-search/llms.txt)
- [Eckari: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/entities/lei/{lei}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-entities-lei-lei/llms.txt)
- [Eckari: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/companies/uk/{company_number}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-companies-uk-company-number/llms.txt)
- [Eckari: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/companies/us/{id}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/eckari/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-companies-us-id/llms.txt)

## Eckari: 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
- [Scavio, $4,788 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scavio/4788-yearly/llms.txt): $1.995 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [eucompliance.tools, pay as you go, Pay per call (x402), GET /x402/vat/{vat_id}](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eucompliance-tools/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-x402-get-x402-vat-vat-id/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [W System EU Business Data, €49 monthly, Pro, GET /company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/w-system-eu-business-data/49-monthly-pro-get-company/llms.txt): $2.206 per 1,000, 55% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://api.eckari.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.eckari.com/v1/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eckari.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eckari.com/capabilities?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eckari.com/capabilities/company.uk.search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eckari.com/developers?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing