# OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/france: Business verification API

> Validate a French VAT (TVA) number against the official company register. Validity means the SIREN exists and the company is administratively active.

OpenVerbs's x402 per call plan for the business verification API costs $6.00 per 1,000 companies. OpenVerbs's docs list 3 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Registered name, Tax ID, Principal address.
We haven't run OpenVerbs through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,165 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $8.182 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 53% of the 1,165 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. [ApiZero's CNY 399 yearly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/apizero/cny-399-yearly-diamond-membership-get-api-company-search/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 companies a month: about $4.97.
[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/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-france
- [Business verification API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://vat.openverbs.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://vat.openverbs.com/v1/france`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://vat.openverbs.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: OpenVerbs (https://openverbs.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Registered name: ✓
- Tax ID: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $6.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $6.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Validate a French VAT (TVA) number against the official company register. Validity means the SIREN exists and the company is administratively active.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: France
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: vatNumber
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/france

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 per call
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC on Base (x402 or MPP)

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

valid, country code, VAT number, registered name, registered address, request date, source register, attribution, service available

## OpenVerbs's plans (1)

- [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/france](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-france/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, live

## OpenVerbs's calls for this API (6)

- `POST /v1/czechia`: [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/czechia](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-czechia/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/finland`: [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/finland](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-finland/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/france`: [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/france](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-france/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/latvia`: [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/latvia](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-latvia/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/norway`: [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/norway](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-norway/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/poland`: [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/poland](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-poland/llms.txt)

## OpenVerbs's APIs (9)

- [OpenVerbs: Amazon product API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: Amazon search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: local business search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: Google Shopping search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/google-shopping-search-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: company hierarchy API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: tech stack API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: phone validation API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [OpenVerbs: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/france](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-france/llms.txt)

## OpenVerbs: business verification API alternatives

- [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): $3.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [Scavio, $30 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scavio/30-monthly/llms.txt): $4.286 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [CelerAPI, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [W System EU Business Data, €599 monthly, Peppol Scale, GET /company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/w-system-eu-business-data/599-monthly-peppol-scale-get-company/llms.txt): $6.740 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 2026-11-08.

- https://openverbs.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://openverbs.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://vat.openverbs.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://vat.openverbs.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing