# UID Register, free: Company discovery API

> Die Suche im UID-Register, erlaubt die Suche nach UID-Einheiten mit einer beliebigen Kombination von Parametern.

UID Register's Public Services plan for the company discovery API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. UID Register's docs list 4: Industry, Type and status, Headquarters, Locations.
UID Register limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
In [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt), this plan scores 0.0 out of 100. UID Register ranks 105th of 105 providers.
We rank 1,165 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.525 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 170 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,165 plans. [See the best free company discovery API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly-starter-post-discover/llms.txt) and [PeopleSearch.im](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/uid-register/free
- [Company discovery API: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/24605175/master?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/24605175/master?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing#page=26
- Sold by: UID Register (https://www.uid.admin.ch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 31%
- Industry: ✓
- Type and status: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Locations: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 0.0. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 0
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 0. We could not measure how fast this provider answers a call, so we count it as 0.

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 30
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 30
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Die Suche im UID-Register, erlaubt die Suche nach UID-Einheiten mit einer beliebigen Kombination von Parametern.

## Data

- Countries: Switzerland
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of searchParameters.uid, searchParameters.otherOrganisationId or searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters, config.searchMode, config.maxNumberOfRecords, config.searchNameAndAddressHistory, SOAPAction header "http://www.uid.admin.ch/xmlns/uid-wse/IPublicServices/Search", Content-Type header "text/xml". Optional: searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.organisationName, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.personName.officialName, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.personName.firstName, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.addressLine1, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.addressLine2, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.street, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.houseNumber, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.postOfficeBoxNumber, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.town, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.swissZipCode, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.swissZipCodeAddOn, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.municipalityId, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.cantonAbbreviation, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.EGID, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.foreignZipCode, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.address.countryIdISO2, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.legalForm, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.uidregInformation.uidregStatusEnterpriseDetail, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.uidregInformation.uidregUidService, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.commercialRegisterInformation.commercialRegisterStatus, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.commercialRegisterInformation.commercialRegisterEntryStatus, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.commercialRegisterInformation.commercialRegisterEntryDate, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.commercialRegisterInformation.commercialRegisterLiquidationDate, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.commercialRegisterInformation.commercialRegisterEnterpriseType, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.vatRegisterInformation.vatStatus, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.vatRegisterInformation.vatEntryStatus, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.vatRegisterInformation.vatEntryDate, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.vatRegisterInformation.vatLiquidationDate, searchParameters.uidEntitySearchParameters.vatRegisterInformation.uidVat
- Method: POST
- Path: /V5.0/PublicServices.svc

## About the plan

- Plan: Public Services
- Who can get it: anyone, no login

## The 54 fields the plan's answer can hold

UID, organisation name, legal name, additional name, name translation, legal form, UID entity category, UID status, data published, UID deletion date, UID deletion reason, successor UID, foundation date, NOGA code, business activity description, other organisation IDs, address category, address line 1, address line 2, street, house number, PO box number, ZIP code, ZIP code add-on, foreign ZIP code, town, canton, municipality ID, EGID, country, language of correspondence, email, website, UID source relation type, UID source UID, UID source registration date, UID source registration status, commercial register status, commercial register entry status, commercial register name translation, commercial register entry date, commercial register deletion date, commercial register seat type, VAT number, VAT status, VAT entry status, VAT start date, VAT end date, LEI, LEI initial registration date, LEI expiration date, LEI registration status, match rating, matched on former name or address

## UID Register's plans (1)

- [UID Register, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/uid-register/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete

## UID Register's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /V5.0/PublicServices.svc`: [UID Register, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/uid-register/free/llms.txt)

## UID Register's APIs (2)

- [UID Register: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/uid-register/free/llms.txt)
- [UID Register: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, POST /V5.0/PublicServices.svc, GetByUID](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/uid-register/free-public-services-post-v5-0-publicservices-svc-getbyuid/llms.txt)
- [UID Register: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, POST /V5.0/PublicServices.svc, ValidateUID](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/uid-register/free-public-services-post-v5-0-publicservices-svc-validateuid/llms.txt)
- [UID Register: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, POST /V5.0/PublicServices.svc, ValidateVatNumber](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/uid-register/free-public-services-post-v5-0-publicservices-svc-validatevatnumber/llms.txt)

## UID Register: company discovery API alternatives

- [GetProspect, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, stored
- [Hunter, free, POST /discover](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/free-post-discover/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, stored
- [PeopleSearch.im, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, stored
- [AnVendor, free, POST /v1/leads/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/anvendor/free-post-v1-leads-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, stored
- [Trayo, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/trayo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/24605175/master?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/register/unternehmensregister/unternehmens-identifikationsnummer/uid-register/uid-schnittstellen.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?wsdl&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?wsdl=wsdl0&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?xsd=xsd0&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?xsd=xsd1&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?xsd=xsd10&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?xsd=xsd2&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?xsd=xsd3&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid-wse.admin.ch/V5.0/PublicServices.svc?xsd=xsd9&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.uid.admin.ch?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing