# VerifyGrid, free: Business verification API

> Resolve public and private corporate entities to SEC Central Index Keys (CIK), Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, state of incorporation, and good standing.

VerifyGrid's Sandbox Key plan for the business verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. VerifyGrid's docs list 2: Registered name, Good standing.
We haven't run VerifyGrid through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 634 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $10.469 or less per 1,000 companies. [200 business verification API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) [GovFiles](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/govfiles/free/llms.txt) has a free plan with 1,000 results. GovFiles is the best business verification API in our benchmark for companies in any country.
[Jsonpage's €129 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/jsonpage/129-monthly-pro-get-v2-validate/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies, for 33 countries only, with no charge per call. You get as many companies as Jsonpage'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, for China only: about $4.97.
[eucompliance.tools' €20 monthly plan (/v1/vat)](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eucompliance-tools/20-monthly-business-get-v1-vat/llms.txt) covers any number of companies, and costs less up front than Jsonpage's €129 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/verifygrid/free
- [Business verification API in 2026: the 8 best compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://verifygrid.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://verifygrid.io/v1/verify/entity`
- API key: with the plan, on https://verifygrid.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://verifygrid.io/tools/sec-edgar-cik-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: VerifyGrid (https://verifygrid.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 18%
- Registered name: ✓
- Good standing: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Verify FMCSA USDOT/MC carrier operating authority, insurance, BOC-3, and 2027 UCR · Verify 10-digit Healthcare NPI provider via D1 cache and live CMS NPPES API · Screen entity or individual against OFAC SDN, HHS OIG LEIE, SAM.gov, and EPA ECHO · Validate phone E.164, NANPA line type, carrier OCN, and TCPA DNC / serial litigator status · validate_email_signup

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Resolve public and private corporate entities to SEC Central Index Keys (CIK), Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, state of incorporation, and good standing.

## Data

- Freshness: 60 minutes
- Countries: United States
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: 25 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: state
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/verify/entity

## About the plan

- Plan: Sandbox Key
- Who can get it: anyone

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

entity name, SEC CIK, ticker, incorporation jurisdiction, SIC classification, good standing, compliance filings portal, source, provenance timestamp

## VerifyGrid's plans (4)

- [VerifyGrid, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verifygrid/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 60 minutes
- [VerifyGrid, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verifygrid/49-monthly/llms.txt): $3.92 per 1,000, 18% complete, 60 minutes
- [VerifyGrid, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verifygrid/199-monthly/llms.txt): $2.653 per 1,000, 18% complete, 60 minutes
- [VerifyGrid, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verifygrid/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.996 per 1,000, 18% complete, 60 minutes

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

- `GET /v1/verify/entity`: [VerifyGrid, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verifygrid/free/llms.txt)

## VerifyGrid's APIs (4)

- [VerifyGrid Business verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verifygrid/free/llms.txt)
- [VerifyGrid Company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/verifygrid/free/llms.txt)
- [VerifyGrid Email verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/verifygrid/free/llms.txt)
- [VerifyGrid Phone validation API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/verifygrid/free/llms.txt)

## VerifyGrid: business verification API alternatives

[VerifyGrid alternatives: every business verification API plan in the United States compared](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-api-pricing/united-states.md)

We list VerifyGrid's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to VerifyGrid in price per 1,000 companies. Each plan in the list gives live data or data at most an hour old.

- [VerifyGrid, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verifygrid/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.996 per 1,000, 18% complete, 60 minutes
- [Datakoot, $10 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datakoot/10-monthly/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [TaxBandits, pay as you go, Core, POST /Verification/BulkFileRequest](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/taxbandits/pay-as-you-go-core-post-verification-bulkfilerequest/llms.txt): $0.99 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [NeuralVerge, $1,000 monthly, Enterprise, POST /functions/v1/run-lei-lookup-companies-search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/neuralverge/1000-monthly-enterprise-post-functions-v1-run-lei-lookup-companies-search/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Tanod, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/tanod/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 27% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://verifygrid.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://verifygrid.io/.well-known/mcp.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://verifygrid.io/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://verifygrid.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://verifygrid.io/tools/sec-edgar-cik-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing