Legal Entity Identifier / KYB (GLEIF) API

Know-your-business lookups against the global GLEIF registry of Legal Entity Identifiers. Search by company name to find matching legal entities, or look up a specific 20-character LEI for its legal name, jurisdiction, registered address, and registration status. Answers 'what is the LEI for Apple', 'is this a real registered legal entity', 'who/where is this company', 'verify this business'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/identity/lei

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache86400s public

identityleikybbusinesscompanygleiflegal-entityverificationcompliance

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/identity/lei

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "op": "search",
  "name": "Apple Inc",
  "limit": 1
}

Example response

{
  "op": "search",
  "query": "Apple Inc",
  "count": 1,
  "entities": [
    {
      "lei": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
      "name": "APPLE INC.",
      "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
      "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
      "registrationStatus": "ISSUED",
      "country": "US",
      "city": "Cupertino",
      "initialRegistration": "2012-06-06T00:00:00Z",
      "lastUpdate": "2025-05-01T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "op"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "op": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "search",
        "lookup"
      ]
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Apple Inc"
      ]
    },
    "lei": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 5
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}