# VIES, free, POST /check-vat-number: Company enrichment API

> The VoW application exposes the validation services using the Representational state transfer (REST) architectural style over the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. This will allow any third-party application to verify the validity of a VAT number one by one, retrieve the status of the member state service, and test the integration of the VAT validation service.

VIES's Free plan for the company enrichment API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. VIES's docs list 1: Headquarters.
VIES limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our company enrichment API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt), this plan scores 48.8 out of 100. VIES ranks 189th of 226 providers.
We rank 2,688 plans for company enrichment APIs by price. Half the plans cost $9.00 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 169 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 2,688 plans. [See the best free company enrichment API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt)
[APIs Peru's PEN 30 (about $9) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/apis-peru/pen-30-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in Peru only. APIs Peru's PEN 30 (about $9) monthly plan costs less up front than ROIC.ai's $29 monthly plan.
[ROIC.ai](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/roic-ai/89-monthly/llms.txt), [Intrinio](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/intrinio/150-monthly/llms.txt) and [GLEIF](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/gleif/free/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/vies/free-post-check-vat-number
- [Company enrichment API: the best of 220+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-enrichment-api.txt)
- Get it: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing#/technical-information
- Request: `POST https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/rest-api/check-vat-number`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://ec.europa.eu/assets/taxud/vow-information/swagger_publicVAT.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- Sold by: VIES (https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 8%
- Headquarters: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 48.8
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 9
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 1

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The VoW application exposes the validation services using the Representational state transfer (REST) architectural style over the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. This will allow any third-party application to verify the validity of a VAT number one by one, retrieve the status of the member state service, and test the integration of the VAT validation service.

## 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: any copying or reproduction of the contents of this site is strictly forbidden
- Use data: The objective of this Internet site is to allow persons involved in the intra-Community supply of goods or of services to obtain confirmation of the validity of the VAT identification number of any specified person, in accordance to article 31 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 904/2010 of 7 October 2010. Any other use and any extraction and use of the data which is not in conformity with the objective of this site is strictly forbidden. Any retransmission of the contents of this site, whether for a commercial purpose or otherwise, as well as any more general use other than as far as is necessary to support the activity of a legitimate user (for example: to draw up their own invoices) is expressly forbidden. In addition, any copying or reproduction of the contents of this site is strictly forbidden.

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 9.08 s

## The call

- You send: countryCode, vatNumber. Optional: requesterMemberStateCode, requesterNumber, traderName, traderStreet, traderPostalCode, traderCity, traderCompanyType
- Method: POST
- Path: /check-vat-number

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: persons involved in the intra-Community supply of goods or of services, no account or key needed

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

country code, VAT number, request date, valid, request identifier, company name, company address, trader name, trader street, trader postal code, trader city, trader company type, trader name match, trader street match, trader postal code match, trader city match, trader company type match

## VIES's plans (1)

- [VIES, free, POST /check-vat-number](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vies/free-post-check-vat-number/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live

## VIES's calls (3)

- `POST /check-vat-number`: [VIES, free, POST /check-vat-number](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vies/free-post-check-vat-number/llms.txt)
- `POST /services/checkVatService`, checkVat: [VIES, free, POST /services/checkVatService, checkVat](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vies/free-post-services-checkvatservice-checkvat/llms.txt)
- `POST /services/checkVatService`, checkVatApprox: [VIES, free, POST /services/checkVatService, checkVatApprox](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vies/free-post-services-checkvatservice-checkvatapprox/llms.txt)

## VIES's APIs (1)

- [VIES: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, POST /check-vat-number](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/vies/free-post-check-vat-number/llms.txt)

## VIES: company enrichment API alternatives

- [Brreg, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/brreg/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, live
- [RegisterUZ, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/registeruz/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [Corporations Canada, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/corporations-canada/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [SEC EDGAR, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/sec-edgar/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://ec.europa.eu/assets/taxud/vow-information/swagger_publicVAT.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing#/technical-information
- https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/app/assets/i18n/en.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/rest-api/technicalInformation/CONTENT?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing
- https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/2e78eb36-537f-46a8-b6b6-393365254869_en?filename=SDEV-VoW-EIS-v1.21.docx&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-enrichment-api-pricing