# The Data City, contact us, Beta API key, POST /api/v1/match/batch: Business verification API

> Submit up to 1,000 companies, poll job status or receive a webhook, then page through results.

The Data City's business verification API on its Beta API key plan. It returns 4 of the 11 key fields we check: Registered name, Entity number, Status, Principal address.
We haven't run The Data City through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
The Data City gives this plan's price on request. We rank 753 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less.
[EuroValidate's €149 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eurovalidate/149-monthly-scale-post-v1-validate/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies: $0.017. EuroValidate's plan covers companies in 31 countries only.
[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/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-api-v1-match-batch
- [Business verification API: 9 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://thedatacity.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://datamatcher-api.thedatacity.com/api/v1/match/batch`
- API key: with the plan, on https://thedatacity.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.thedatacity.com/api-reference/match/submit-batch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: The Data City (https://thedatacity.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 36%
- Registered name: ✓
- Entity number: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Principal address: ✓

## Price

- Billing: contact

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## In their words

- Their pitch: Submit up to 1,000 companies, poll job status or receive a webhook, then page through results.

## Data

- Countries: United Kingdom
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1,000

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: companies[].input_name. Optional: companies[].input_url, companies[].input_postcode, companies[].address, companies[].sic_code, companies[].start_trading_date, companies[].id, callback_url, webhook_secret
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/match/batch

## About the plan

- Plan: Beta API key
- Who can get it: anyone who emails support@thedatacity.com for a key

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

matched company number, matched company name, matched registered postcode, company status, active, confidence, rigorous match, route, company name sent, website sent, postcode sent, address sent, SIC code sent, start trading date sent, row ID sent

## The Data City's plans (1)

- [The Data City, contact us, Beta API key, POST /api/v1/match/batch](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-api-v1-match-batch/llms.txt): 36% complete

## The Data City's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /api/v1/match`: [The Data City, contact us, Beta API key, POST /api/v1/match](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-api-v1-match/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/match/batch`: [The Data City, contact us, Beta API key, POST /api/v1/match/batch](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-api-v1-match-batch/llms.txt)

## The Data City's APIs (5)

- [The Data City: similar companies API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/the-data-city/free/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/fr/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-fr-companies/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/de/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-de-companies/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/ie/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-ie-companies/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/us/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-us-companies/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/fr/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-fr-search/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/de/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-de-search/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/ie/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-ie-search/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/us/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-us-search/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/fr/companies/{companyNumber}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-fr-companies-companynumber/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/de/companies/{companyNumber}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-de-companies-companynumber/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/ie/companies/{companyNumber}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-ie-companies-companynumber/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/us/companies/{companyNumber}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-us-companies-companynumber/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/fr/companies/batch](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-fr-companies-batch/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/de/companies/batch](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-de-companies-batch/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/ie/companies/batch](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-ie-companies-batch/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, POST /v1/us/companies/batch](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-v1-us-companies-batch/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company hierarchy API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/de/companies/{companyNumber}/group](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-de-companies-companynumber-group/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company hierarchy API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/ie/companies/{companyNumber}/group](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-ie-companies-companynumber-group/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: company hierarchy API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/us/companies/{companyNumber}/group](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-get-v1-us-companies-companynumber-group/llms.txt)
- [The Data City: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, POST /api/v1/match/batch](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/the-data-city/contact-us-beta-api-key-post-api-v1-match-batch/llms.txt)

## The Data City: business verification API alternatives

- [SavvyIQ, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v3/entity-resolution/async](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/savvyiq/contact-us-enterprise-post-v3-entity-resolution-async/llms.txt): 36% complete
- [Topograph, contact us, Volume pricing, POST /v2/search/global](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/topograph/contact-us-volume-pricing-post-v2-search-global/llms.txt): 36% complete
- [Truora, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/truora/contact-us/llms.txt): 36% complete, live
- [Zephira, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/zephira/contact-us/llms.txt): 36% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://datamatcher-api.thedatacity.com/api/v1/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/api-reference/match/submit-batch.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/company-matching/guides/authentication.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/company-matching/guides/batch.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/company-matching/guides/quickstart.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/company-matching/guides/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/company-matching/guides/response-reference.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/company-matching/index.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/global-api/index.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://docs.thedatacity.com/instant-classification/guides/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://thedatacity.com/api-access?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://thedatacity.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://thedatacity.com/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing