Hong Kong Companies Registry pricing: business verification API, foreign
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18% complete: 2 of the 11 fields on our checklistSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 companiesIn our business verification API benchmark, the best plan from Hong Kong Companies Registry scores 90.0 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.Scoris's €19 pack covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris's €19 pack costs more up front than CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan.GovFiles, Didit and CompanyData.com are the best business verification API providers in the Datacircle benchmark for companies in any country.
Plan: Free Hong Kong Companies Registry's only plan
Call:
GET / one of Hong Kong Companies Registry's 2 callsGET /Free$0.00 per 1,000cr/ api/ api/ v1/ api_ builder/ json/ foreign/ search GET /Free$0.00 per 1,000cr/ api/ api/ v1/ api_ builder/ json/ local/ search
API: Business verification API Hong Kong Companies Registry's only API
About this item
- A copy at most 1 day old. You get records from Hong Kong Companies Registry's copy of the register.
- 2 of the 11 fields on our checklist. Entity number, Entity type.
- Nothing to pay. Hong Kong Companies Registry limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
- One call. You send
query[0][key3]toGET /. You setcr/ api/ api/ v1/ api_ builder/ json/ foreign/ search query[0][key1]to "Comp_name". You setquery[0][key2]to "begins_with" or "equal". The call returns the register's record of the company. - Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.
Hong Kong Companies Registry: business verification API alternatives
Hong Kong Companies Registry alternatives: other business verification API providers by price
We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 companies. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most a day old.
| This planHong Kong Companies Registry, free, GET /cr/api/api/v1/api_builder/json/foreign/search | INSEE, free | CompanyVerify, free pilot, GET /v1/uk/company/search | Brreg, free | Foretak, free | |
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| $ per 1,000 companies | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Completeness | 18% | 45% | 55% | 64% | 45% |
| Billing | free | free | free | free | free |
| Pay | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Enough for | not published | not published | 60,000 calls a month | no limit | not published |
| Freshness | 1 day | 24 hours | 24 hours | live | 24 hours |
| Who can get it | anyone | anyone | anyone | anyone | anyone |
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.
- data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-cr-crdata-list-addr
- data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-cr-crdata-list-addr/resource/1214e348-7069-440e-8144-6483fc944090
- data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-cr-crdata-list-addr/resource/8ee7f555-0f8c-440a-b816-ea58e7a8dc1f
- data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions
- cr.gov.hk/datagovhk/dict/data_dictionary_RO_PPB_en.docx
Product details
The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.
- Registered name, not in the answer
- Entity number
- Tax ID, not in the answer
- Entity type
- Status, not in the answer
- Good standing, not in the answer
- Formation date, not in the answer
- Registered agent, not in the answer
- Principal address, not in the answer
- Officers, not in the answer
- Filings, not in the answer
| $ per 1,000 companies | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Per | call |
| Billing | free |
| Aggregators | none |
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| Also pays for | nothing else |
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| $ per 1,000 | $0.00 |
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| Their pitch | We have developed an API builder for your convenience to easily extract data and API strings and export to different formats. |
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| Freshness | 1 day |
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| 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 including but not limited to paper copies, digital copies and copies placed on other websites, you shall indemnify the Government and the Relevant Organisations against any allegations or claims of infringement of the rights of any person and all costs, losses, damages and liabilities incurred by the Government and the Relevant Organisations, which in any case arise directly or indirectly in [...] relation to your use, reproduction and/or distribution of the Data, you shall also give proper attribution to the Government, the Relevant Organisations and DATA.GOV.HK. |
| Pay | $0 |
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| Batch | 1 |
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| Answer | in the call |
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| You send | query[0][key1] "Comp_name", query[0][key2] "begins_with" or "equal", query[0][key3] |
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| Method | GET |
| Path | /cr/api/api/v1/api_builder/json/foreign/search |
| Plan | Free |
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| Who can get it | anyone |
The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold
business registration number, corporate name, approved name for carrying on business in Hong Kong (corporate), other corporate names, approved name for carrying on business in Hong Kong (other corporate), principal place of business, place of incorporation, company type, date of registration