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ASIC Extract API

ASIC Extract orders an official extract from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for a company or an individual. The extract is generated in the background and collected with Retrieve ASIC Extract as JSON for your systems or as a PDF for a file.

Five extract types: company current, company historical, company relational, person current and person historical, as recorded by ASIC
Generation normally completes within a few seconds and the request returns at once with a reference, so your system is never held waiting

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For developers

After the technical detail?

For the technical detail, go to the API documentation. It holds the request and response schema, the integration guides and the error codes for this endpoint.

Request and response schema
ASIC Extracts guide with example extracts

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Calls to this endpoint outside the sandbox are billed. Production keys are issued once the account is approved.

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What the check gives you

Obtaining the official ASIC record for due diligence

A register search confirms that a company exists. Due diligence, compliance and onboarding often need the official extract itself: the officeholders, the share structure, the history of changes, or a person's directorships. ASIC Extract requests that extract on demand. The request returns immediately with a reference, generation runs in the background, and the finished extract is collected with Retrieve ASIC Extract in JSON or PDF.

A company's current registration

The Company Current Extract is a snapshot of the company's current registration details, including officeholders, registered address, share structure where applicable, and status at the time of the extract.

A company's full history

The Company Historical Extract carries current and past names, former officeholders, past addresses, share structure changes and historic status information.

How a company relates to other entities

The Company Relational Extract shows the ultimate holding company, the entities in which the company holds interests, licences or roles, and membership or directorship links.

A person's roles and shareholdings

The Person Current Extract carries the person's current officeholder roles, directorships and shareholdings as recorded by ASIC. The Person Historical Extract adds past roles, shareholdings, licences and other company associations.

How a check runs

Request now, collect when the extract is ready

ASIC Extract returns at once with an API reference and the extract is generated in the background. Retrieve ASIC Extract holds the connection for up to 30 seconds and returns the extract when it is ready, or a 202 response if it is not.

Generation normally completes within a few seconds and can take up to 10 minutes when the ASIC service is busy. An extract can be retrieved for 24 hours after the request; after that a new request is needed.

What it costs

A monthly subscription, drawn down as you run checks

Your subscription is credited to your account each month and each check consumes credits from it. If you go past the included amount, further checks are charged at a per-check rate. The rate depends on the volume you commit to, so the sales team is the fastest way to find where your business lands.

Volume-based pricing
No lock-in contract

How billing works

Subscribe monthly, spend it as credits

The monthly subscription arrives as credits on your account.
Each check draws down credits as it runs.
Checks beyond the included credits are billed per check.
Higher monthly volume moves you to a lower rate.

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Related checks

Others in ASIC

Retrieve ASIC Extract collects the extract ordered here. ASIC Extract Company Search finds the ABN or ACN for a company extract. ASIC Extract Person Search supplies the person_id and search_id a person extract requires.

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Questions

Questions we get asked about ASIC extracts

Do we need a developer to implement this?

Yes. ASIC Extract is a REST endpoint that queues the extract and returns a reference, and the extract is collected with a second call, so a developer connects the two-step flow to your system. A sandbox with deterministic test companies and people is provided at no usage cost, so the flow can be built and tested before production keys are issued.

What does our system need to send for a company extract?

The type set to company, the extract type set to current, historical or relational, and either the 11-digit ABN or the 9-digit ACN. Company extracts are only available for companies. An ABN that belongs to an individual, such as a sole trader, or that cannot be matched to a company is rejected with a 400 response.

What does our system need to send for a person extract?

The type set to person, the extract type set to current or historical, and the person_id, search_id, uppercase legal name and date of birth exactly as returned by ASIC Extract Person Search. Any linked identifiers from that search go in additional_person_ids so the extract covers every associated role and shareholding. Those identifiers are valid for 24 hours.

What comes back?

This call returns a message of Ok and an API reference. The extract itself is collected from Retrieve ASIC Extract using that reference, as the full JSON structure from ASIC or, with pdf=true, as a PDF document.

How long does an extract take?

Generation starts as soon as the request is made and normally completes within a few seconds. During busy periods it can take up to 10 minutes. Retrieve ASIC Extract reports whether the extract is ready and returns it once it is.

Where does the data come from?

Each extract is an official record sourced from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and returned in the exact structure of the ASIC dataset. The extract reflects the register at the time it is generated.

How is this billed?

Calls to ASIC Extract outside the sandbox are billed. The retrieval call is not billable and can be repeated until the extract is ready. Rates are set out in your commercial agreement.

Is the request we send stored by Global Data?

Personally identifiable information sent in a request is not stored or retained unless it is needed to process that request. Data returned is retained for audit and historic review. Data in transit and at rest is encrypted, and retention follows the Australian Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles.

Getting started

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