# gBizINFO, free: Business verification API

> Gビズインフォが保有する法人情報に対して、情報提供REST APIにより、指定する条件に合致する法人の法人番号を検索します。

gBizINFO's business verification API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 3 of the 11 key fields we check: Registered name, Status, Principal address.
You get up to 144,000,000 calls a month.
Half of the 654 plans we rank by price cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 52 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 654 plans.
[Scoris's €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. Scoris's €19 pack costs less to start than Scoris's €99 monthly plan.
[INSEE](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/insee/free/llms.txt), [CZ Agents](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cz-agents/free/llms.txt) and [ARES](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/ares/free/llms.txt) are the best business verification API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gbizinfo/free
- [Best business verification API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/5028870682782?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/v2/hojin`
- API key: with the plan, on https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/5028870682782?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/swagger-ui/index.html?urls.primaryName=v2&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: gBizINFO (https://info.gbiz.go.jp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Registered name: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## 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: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Gビズインフォが保有する法人情報に対して、情報提供REST APIにより、指定する条件に合致する法人の法人番号を検索します。

## Data

- Freshness: 1 day
- Countries: Japan
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: 本サービスの利用は、申請時に申告した目的の範囲内に限られます。 [...] 利用者は、以下の行為を行ってはなりません。 1. 本サービスを不正に利用する行為 2. 本サービスの仕様を改変・解析する行為 3. 他者の権利を侵害する行為 4. 法令または公序良俗に反する行為 5. 利用制限を回避または無効化する目的で、複数のアクセストークンを取得・利用する行為、不正な手段により過剰なアクセスを行う行為 6. 本サービスの運営に支障を与えるおそれのある 過度な頻度または大量のアクセスを行う行為 [...] 本サービスを通じて提供される情報・データの著作権等の知的財産権の取扱いについては、Gビズインフォの利用規約に準じます。 [...] Gビズインフォ で公開している情報（以下「コンテンツ」といいます。）は、どなたでも以下の１）～8)に従って、複製、公衆送信、翻訳・変形等の翻案等、自由に利用できます。商用利用も可能です。 [...] コンテンツを利用する際は出典を記載してください。 [...] コンテンツを編集・加工等して利用する場合は、上記出典とは別に、編集・加工等を行ったことを記載してください。なお、編集・加工した情報を、あたかも国（又は府省等）が作成したかのような態様で公表・利用してはいけません。

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 144,000,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 55.56
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: corporate_number, name, exist_flg, corporate_type, prefecture, city, capital_stock_from, capital_stock_to, employee_number_from, employee_number_to, founded_year, net_sales_summary_of_business_results_from, net_sales_summary_of_business_results_to, total_assets_summary_of_business_results_from, total_assets_summary_of_business_results_to, average_continuous_service_years, average_age, month_average_predetermined_overtime_hours, female_workers_proportion, patent, procurement, procurement_amount_from, procurement_amount_to, subsidy, subsidy_amount_from, subsidy_amount_to, certification, ministry, source, page, limit, metadata_flg
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2/hojin

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who applies for a token on the application form, as a company's contact (法人担当者) or an individual (個人利用者)

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

corporate number, registered name, English name, headquarters address, postal code, status, update date, corporate activity record count, metadata data quality, metadata import frequency, metadata key field, metadata last acquisition date, metadata last update date, metadata source, response ID, message

## gBizINFO's plans (1)

- [gBizINFO, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gbizinfo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day

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

- `GET /v2/hojin`: [gBizINFO, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gbizinfo/free/llms.txt)

## gBizINFO's APIs (3)

- [gBizINFO: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gbizinfo/free/llms.txt)
- [gBizINFO: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/gbizinfo/free/llms.txt)
- [gBizINFO: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/gbizinfo/free/llms.txt)

## gBizINFO: 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
- [Annuaire des Entreprises, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/annuaire-des-entreprises/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, 1 day
- [SOSfinder, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/sosfinder/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [OpenSOSData, free, POST /v1/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/opensosdata/free-post-v1-lookup/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% 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 2026-11-01.

- https://api.info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/swagger-ui/index.html?urls.primaryName=v2&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://api.info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/v3/api-docs/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://content.info.gbiz.go.jp/api/index.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/4648542974238?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/4648561526686?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/4795140981406?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/4795207351326?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/4999421139102?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/5028869912094?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://help.info.gbiz.go.jp/hc/ja/articles/5028870682782?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing