# OrgBook BC, free: Business verification API

> OrgBook BC is a public directory of organizations legally registered in BC, Canada.

OrgBook BC's business verification API on its Public API plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 5 of the 11 key fields we check: Registered name, Entity type, Status, Formation date, Principal address.
OrgBook BC limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt), OrgBook BC scores 88.3 out of 100 on this plan.
Half of the 753 plans we rank by price cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 58 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 753 plans.
[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 less up front than EuroValidate's €149 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/orgbook-bc/free
- [Business verification API: 9 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/api/v4/search/topic`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/api/?format=openapi&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: OrgBook BC (https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

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

## Score

- Overall score: 88.3
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 93
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 100

## 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: OrgBook BC is a public directory of organizations legally registered in BC, Canada.

## Data

- Countries: Canada
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Access Only License - British Columbia: "For the reproduction of materials found in the BC Data Catalogue, either a licence agreement (as specified in the BC Data Catalogue) will apply, or the materials are Access Only and reproduction is not permitted without written permission. To request permission, please complete the Copyright Permission Request Form. If a licence agreement applies, permission is subject to the terms of the specified licence."

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.36 s

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: q, ordering, inactive, latest, revoked, category, issuer_id, type_id, credential_type_id, page, page_size
- Method: GET
- Path: /search/topic

## About the plan

- Plan: Public API
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 74 fields the plan's answer can hold

total results, page, page size, first index, last index, next page URL, previous page URL, topic ID, source ID, topic type, name, name language, name type, name ID, addressee, civic address, city, province, postal code, country, address ID, credential ID, attribute type, attribute format, attribute value, attribute ID, credential type ID, registration date, entity name effective date, entity status, entity status effective date, entity type, registered jurisdiction, home jurisdiction, reason description, credential set ID, credential set created at, credential set updated at, latest credential ID, credential set topic ID, first effective date, last effective date, issuer ID, issuer has logo, issuer created at, issuer updated at, issuer DID, issuer name, issuer abbreviation, issuer email, issuer URL, issuer endpoint, credential type has logo, credential type created at, credential type updated at, credential type description, credential definition ID, credential type last issue date, credential type URL, credential title, highlighted attributes, schema label, credential format, raw data, schema ID, schema created at, schema updated at, schema name, schema version, schema origin DID, inactive, revoked, effective date, revoked date

## OrgBook BC's plans (1)

- [OrgBook BC, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/orgbook-bc/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete

## OrgBook BC's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /search/topic`: [OrgBook BC, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/orgbook-bc/free/llms.txt)

## OrgBook BC's APIs (3)

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

## OrgBook BC: 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
- [Scoris, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 week
- [CZ Agents, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cz-agents/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, stored
- [ARES, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/ares/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, 14 days
- [National Tax Agency, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/national-tax-agency/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, 1 day

## 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://bcgov.github.io/data-publication/pages/faq.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/about?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/api/?format=openapi&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://orgbook.gov.bc.ca/api/v4/search/topic?q=ltd&page_size=3&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing