# TrustComponent, free, POST /validations: Company enrichment API

> One API call validates any VAT ID against the official registry — VIES, BZSt, HMRC and more. In real time, at signup, at checkout, or in bulk.

TrustComponent's company enrichment API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns none of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Industry, Type and status, Images and 9 more.
In [our company enrichment API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt), TrustComponent's best plan scores 31.0 out of 100.
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/trustcomponent/free-post-validations
- [Company enrichment API: 130+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.trustcomponent.com/en/products/vat-checker/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.trustcomponent.com/taxvalidation/v1/validations`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.trustcomponent.com/en/products/vat-checker/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.trustcomponent.com/api/tax-validation/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing#validate-a-single-vat-id
- Sold by: TrustComponent (https://www.trustcomponent.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-03

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Validate a batch

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: One API call validates any VAT ID against the official registry — VIES, BZSt, HMRC and more. In real time, at signup, at checkout, or in bulk.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, New Zealand
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: €0
- You get: 100 requests a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month
- Expires: monthly checks reset every billing cycle

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by polling
- Median: 66.42 s

## The call

- You send: Content-Type header "application/json", countryCode, rawValue. Optional: companyName, address, requesterVatId, customerMetadata, preferredProvider, idempotencyKey, correlationId, attachSchedule
- Method: POST
- Path: /validations

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: companies and entrepreneurs (consumers are excluded)

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

validation request ID, validation result ID, tax identifier ID, request status, outcome, registry, registry response status, company name match, address match, company name, source reference, checked at

## TrustComponent's plans (6)

- [TrustComponent, free, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/free-post-validations/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [TrustComponent, €9 monthly, Solo, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/9-monthly-solo-post-validations/llms.txt): $5.064 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [TrustComponent, €39 monthly, Team, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/39-monthly-team-post-validations/llms.txt): $4.389 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [TrustComponent, €89 monthly, Enterprise 25,000 checks, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/89-monthly-enterprise-25000-checks-post-validations/llms.txt): $4.006 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [TrustComponent, contact us, Enterprise more than 50,000 checks, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/contact-us-enterprise-more-than-50000-checks-post-validations/llms.txt): 0% complete, live
- [TrustComponent, contact us, Enterprise 50,000 checks, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/contact-us-enterprise-50000-checks-post-validations/llms.txt): 0% complete, live

## TrustComponent's calls (2)

- `POST /validations/batch`: [TrustComponent, free, POST /validations/batch](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/free-post-validations-batch/llms.txt)
- `POST /validations`: [TrustComponent, free, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/free-post-validations/llms.txt)

## TrustComponent's APIs (1)

- [TrustComponent: company enrichment API pricing, 6 plans, POST /validations](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/trustcomponent/free-post-validations/llms.txt)

## TrustComponent: company enrichment API alternatives

- [VatSense, $39.99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vatsense/39-99-monthly/llms.txt): $3.999 per 1,000, 8% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $200 monthly, Enterprise monthly, POST /enrich-company/v1/company_domain](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/reefapi/200-monthly/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [Clair, $500 monthly, Advanced ($500/mo), GET /v1/crunchbase/organization](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/clair/500-monthly-advanced-500-mo-get-v1-crunchbase-organization/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, live
- [ValueSERP, $600 yearly, 25,000 searches, annual, GET /search, Google Place Details, full](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/valueserp/600-yearly-25000-searches-annual-get-search-google-place-details-full/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 23% 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 2026-11-03.

- https://docs.trustcomponent.com/api/overview/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://docs.trustcomponent.com/api/tax-validation/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://docs.trustcomponent.com/platform/billing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.trustcomponent.com/en/legal/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.trustcomponent.com/en/products/vat-checker?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.trustcomponent.com/en/products/vat-checker/features?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.trustcomponent.com/en/products/vat-checker/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing