# VATcomply, free: Company enrichment API

> Validate European VAT numbers using the official VIES (VAT Information Exchange System) database.

VATcomply's company enrichment API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 1 of the 13 key fields we check: Headquarters.
You get up to 5,184,000 calls a month.
Half of the 1,436 plans we rank by price cost $9.00 per 1,000 companies or less. This plan and 85 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,436 plans.
[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 our benchmark for companies in any country.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vatcomply/free
- [Best company enrichment API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.vatcomply.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.vatcomply.com/vat`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://www.vatcomply.com/api/vat-validation/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Sold by: VATcomply (https://www.vatcomply.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-03

## In the answer

- Completeness: 8%
- Headquarters: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 60.0
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 17
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 86
- Performance score: 4

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: VAT Rates · Exchange Rates · Geolocation · IBAN Validation · Countries · Currencies

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Validate European VAT numbers using the official VIES (VAT Information Exchange System) database.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 5,184,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.66 s

## The call

- You send: vat_number
- Method: GET
- Path: /vat

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

valid, VAT number, company name, company address, country code

## VATcomply's plans (1)

- [VATcomply, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vatcomply/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live

## VATcomply's calls (1)

- `GET /vat`: [VATcomply, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vatcomply/free/llms.txt)

## VATcomply's APIs (1)

- [VATcomply: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vatcomply/free/llms.txt)

## VATcomply: company enrichment API alternatives

- [Brreg, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/brreg/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [SEC EDGAR, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [ScrapeUnblocker, free, POST /companies/crunchbase](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapeunblocker/free-free-post-companies-crunchbase/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, live
- [SerpKite, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/serpkite/free/llms.txt): $0.00 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://api.vatcomply.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://api.vatcomply.com/docs/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.vatcomply.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.vatcomply.com/api/vat-validation/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.vatcomply.com/rate-limiting/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://www.vatcomply.com/technology-stack/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing