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Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Request API

The Business Intelligence request starts a deep dive into the business behind an ABN and returns a request identifier. The summary, covering names, ACN, address, websites and domains, ANZSIC classification and AUSTRAC remitter details, is collected once it is complete. The endpoint is experimental and may change.

  • The business name and trading names, ABN and ACN, address, website, ANZSIC code and description, and AUSTRAC remitter details where applicable
  • The request returns at once with an identifier; the query can take several minutes and is collected with the retrieve call
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
  • Sandbox ABN rules and status values
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Accounts start in the sandbox. Production keys are issued once the account is approved.

Encrypted in transit and at rest Handled under the Australian Privacy Principles
What the check gives you

Understanding the business behind an ABN, not just its registration

A register record says what a business is called and whether it is registered. Due diligence on a counterparty often needs more: what it does, where it trades online, how it is classified and whether it is a registered remitter. The Business Intelligence request gathers that from several sources into one summary. It runs in the background and can take several minutes, so the request returns an identifier and the result is collected separately.

What the business is called

The entity name with its dates, previous names, and the business names with the dates they applied and any previous state registration.

How it is registered

The ABN with its status, type, registration date and location, the history of its GST and charity status, and where applicable the ACN with its status, registration date and recent ASIC documents.

Where it trades online

The domains checked as part of the request, and the websites found with their type, active or archived, and a summary of each.

What it does

A summary of the business, its ANZSIC code and description, and its AUSTRAC remitter details where it is a registered remitter.

How a check runs

Request now, collect when the result is ready

The request returns at once with a request identifier and the deep dive runs in the background. The retrieve call reports the status, pending, processing, complete or failed, and carries the data once complete.

The query can take several minutes to complete. The documentation recommends polling the retrieve endpoint for status. This endpoint is experimental and subject to change.

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 Business Intelligence

Retrieve Business Intelligence Request collects the summary started here. Business Check returns the ABR and ASIC record in one call.

Questions

Questions we get asked about Business Intelligence Request

Do we need a developer to implement this?
Yes. The request is a REST endpoint that starts the deep dive and returns an identifier, and the result is collected with a second call, so a developer connects the two-step flow to your system. 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?
The ABN. Nothing else. In the sandbox, only ABNs ending in 1, 2 or 3 are permitted for deterministic results; other ABNs may return cached data that must not be used in production.
What comes back?
This call returns a message of Ok, an API reference and a request UUID. The summary itself is collected from Retrieve Business Intelligence Request using that UUID once the status is complete.
How long does it take?
The documentation says the query can take several minutes. Poll the retrieve endpoint; it reports pending, processing with a status message, complete, or failed.
Is this endpoint stable?
No. The reference marks the Business Intelligence API as experimental and subject to change.
Where does the data come from?
Several sources combined: the Australian Business Register and ASIC for registration data, the domains and websites checked during the request, ANZSIC classification and AUSTRAC remitter details. The reference documentation does not enumerate every source.
Are the ABNs 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

The first step to access is a conversation

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

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