# The KYB, free, Plus activation: 2 free credits, POST /v2/kyb: Company enrichment API

> KYB (Know Your Business) Check is a robust service designed to provide real-time access to official registry data from a wide range of countries and states.

The KYB's company enrichment API on its Plus activation: 2 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 5 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Industry, Type and status, Headquarters, Parents.
We haven't run The KYB through [our company enrichment API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,451 plans for company enrichment APIs by price. Half the plans cost $9.00 per 1,000 companies or less.
[Extruct's $49 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/extruct/49-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. Extruct's company enrichment API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[CNPJ API's R$99 monthly plan (/bulk-cnpj)](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/cnpj-api/r-99-monthly-pro-post-bulk-cnpj/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in Brazil only. CNPJ API's R$99 monthly plan costs less up front than Extruct's $49 monthly plan.
[GLEIF](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/gleif/free/llms.txt), [SEC EDGAR](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free/llms.txt) and [GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-companies-enrich/llms.txt) are the best company enrichment API providers in the Datacircle benchmark for companies in any country.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-kyb/free-plus-activation-2-free-credits-post-v2-kyb
- [Company enrichment API: 130+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt)
- Get it: https://thekyb.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.thekyb.com/v2/kyb`
- API key: with the plan, on https://thekyb.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://developers.thekyb.com/docs/services/kyb_check_v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing#company-search
- Sold by: The KYB (https://thekyb.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 38%
- Description: ✓
- Industry: ✓
- Type and status: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Parents: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: KYB (Know Your Business) Check is a robust service designed to provide real-time access to official registry data from a wide range of countries and states.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license for the duration of the Term. This license permits the Client to access and utilize the Cloud Services via a supported web application or REST APIs, in strict compliance with the Documentation. [...] The Client is strictly prohibited from engaging in any of the following activities: The Client must not grant access to or allow any third party to use the Cloud Services. The Client may not republish, redistribute, or make any part of the Cloud Services publicly available. [...] The Client is expressly prohibited from engaging in the white-labeling, resale, or any other form of commercial exploitation of the Cloud Services without obtaining prior written approval from the Service Provider.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2 credits
- Enough for: 2 calls, once
- Expires: Any unused verification checks remaining at the end of a billing cycle or contractual term shall not be carried over to any subsequent term

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: registration_number, country_codes. Optional: search_type, ttl
- Method: POST
- Path: /v2/kyb

## About the plan

- Plan: Plus activation: 2 free credits
- Who can get it: anyone: its terms bind the Client, who orders the Cloud Services through a Statement of Work

## The 51 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, searched registration number, searched country codes, services requested, request status, total results, page, results per page, last page, first result number, last result number, registered name, registration number, registration date, company type, company status, risk level, verification status, available data modules, fetch status, description, incorporation date, industries, tax number, dissolution date, inactive date, last updated at, people network, registry details, contacts, previous names, addresses, announcements, officers, beneficial owners, parent companies, branches, accounts detail, confirmation statement detail, extra details, identifiers, capital stock, industry code, ownership structure, financial details, registries, additional details, reference ID, KYB response ID, country code, documents

## The KYB's plans (3)

- [The KYB, free, Plus activation: 2 free credits, POST /v2/kyb](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-kyb/free-plus-activation-2-free-credits-post-v2-kyb/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [The KYB, $300 pack, Plus, POST /v2/kyb](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-kyb/300-pack-plus-post-v2-kyb/llms.txt): $3,000.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [The KYB, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v2/kyb](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-kyb/contact-us-enterprise-post-v2-kyb/llms.txt): 38% complete, live

## The KYB's calls (2)

- `POST /api/search`: [The KYB, free, Plus activation: 2 free credits, POST /api/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-kyb/free-plus-activation-2-free-credits-post-api-search/llms.txt)
- `POST /v2/kyb`: [The KYB, free, Plus activation: 2 free credits, POST /v2/kyb](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-kyb/free-plus-activation-2-free-credits-post-v2-kyb/llms.txt)

## The KYB's APIs (2)

- [The KYB: business verification API pricing, 3 plans, POST /api/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/the-kyb/free-plus-activation-2-free-credits-post-api-search/llms.txt)
- [The KYB: business verification API pricing, 3 plans, POST /v2/kyb](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/the-kyb/free-plus-activation-2-free-credits-post-v2-kyb/llms.txt)
- [The KYB: company enrichment API pricing, 3 plans, POST /v2/kyb](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/the-kyb/free-plus-activation-2-free-credits-post-v2-kyb/llms.txt)

## The KYB: company enrichment API alternatives

- [NinjaPear, $50 pack, Pay As You Go · $50 pack, GET /api/v1/company/details, Company Details, full](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/ninjapear/50-pack-pay-as-you-go-50-pack-get-api-v1-company-details-company-details-full/llms.txt): $479.616 per 1,000, 77% complete, live
- [Interzoid, $20 monthly, Starter Plan, GET /getbusinessinfo](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/interzoid/20-monthly/llms.txt): $500.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [Strale, top-up from €10](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/strale/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $562.65 per 1,000, 62% complete, live
- [Cobalt Intelligence, $650 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/cobalt-intelligence/650-monthly/llms.txt): $1,625.00 per 1,000, 31% 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 2026-11-02.

- https://developers.thekyb.com/docs/additional_features/rate_limiting?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://developers.thekyb.com/docs/additional_features/webhooks?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://developers.thekyb.com/docs/authorization?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://developers.thekyb.com/docs/introduction?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://developers.thekyb.com/docs/services/kyb_check?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://developers.thekyb.com/docs/services/kyb_check_v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://thekyb.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://thekyb.com/our-data/costa-rica?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://thekyb.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://thekyb.com/terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing