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UK Companies House

Company House Search API

Company House Search finds a company on the UK Companies House register from its name or its company number and returns the identifiers and status a report or a check needs. A number is looked up directly; a name is matched against registered names.

  • One search term: an 8-character company number is looked up directly, anything else is matched against registered company names
  • Up to 200 matches per search, with an option to return only companies that are active
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
  • Company number formats and sandbox companies
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Accounts start in the sandbox. Production keys are issued once the account is approved.

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What the check gives you

Finding the right UK company before ordering its report

A UK company is identified by its Companies House number, and a customer usually supplies a name. Company House Search takes either, finds the matching companies on the register and returns their numbers, status and registered office. The number then goes to Company House Report or UK Business Check.

The company number and registered name

Each record carries the unique 8-character company number and the registered name, as held by Companies House.

Status and type

Each record carries the current status, such as active, dissolved or liquidation, and the company type, such as ltd, plc or llp, with the date of incorporation.

The registered office

Each record carries the registered office address: address lines, locality, region, postal code and country.

How many matches exist

The response states how many records were returned and how many were available in total, so a common name can be narrowed before ordering a report.

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 UK Companies House

Company House Report orders the full report for the company number returned here. UK Business Check returns a one-call snapshot of the company. Company House Officer Search finds a director or secretary by name.

Questions

Questions we get asked about Company House Search

Do we need a developer to implement this?
Yes. Company House Search is a REST endpoint that takes a JSON request and returns a JSON list of companies, so a developer connects it to your onboarding or KYB process. A sandbox with a deterministic test dataset is provided at no usage cost, so the integration can be built and tested before production keys are issued.
What does our system need to send?
A search term of up to 255 characters: a company name or an 8-character company number such as 12345678 or SC123456. Optionally a flag to return only active companies, and a maximum number of results from 1 to 200, which defaults to 200.
What comes back?
A list of company records, each with the company number, registered name, status, type, date of incorporation and registered office address, plus the number of records returned and the total available.
What formats do UK company numbers take?
Always 8 characters. Companies in England and Wales use 8 digits; Scottish, Northern Irish, LLP and other registrations use a two-letter prefix followed by six digits, such as SC123456.
Where does the data come from?
The register maintained by Companies House, the registrar of companies for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The sandbox uses a fixed set of test companies and does not return live data.
How many calls can we make?
The API allows 600 requests per minute by default, measured as a rolling average, and returns a 429 response above that rate. A higher limit can be requested through Global Data support with a description of the operational need.
Are the searches 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. Query data is stripped of PII before it is kept for audit. Data in transit and at rest is encrypted, and retention follows the Australian Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles. Global Data is not a credit bureau and does not create an access footprint on any record.
Getting started

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New accounts begin with sandbox access, and production API keys are issued once the account has been commercially approved.

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