Does Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI) need an API key or login?

No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.

Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI)

Search 2.5 million registered legal entities across every country and get flat rows — legal name, LEI, address, status and registration details. Free public registry, no key.

Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI) returns 14 documented output fields, including legalName, otherNames, status, legalForm and jurisdiction. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 0 runs are recorded on Apify.

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14: Output fields
4: Inputs
0: Runs

01 — output

What it returns

Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.

Field	Type	What it holds	Example
legalName	string	Registered legal name of the entity. This is the name on the register, which often differs from the trading name.	example-value
otherNames	string	Other names the entity is registered or known under, as the register lists them.	example-value
status	string	Outcome recorded for this row.	active
legalForm	string	Legal form of the entity. Often a CODE and often in the source's own language.	private limited company
jurisdiction	string	Legal jurisdiction the entity is registered in. This is where it is registered, which is not necessarily where it operates.	example-value
country	string	Country name as the source writes it — sometimes 'Norge' rather than 'NO'. Not an ISO code unless the README says so.	Norway
city	string	City name.	Austin
region	string	Region the record belongs to.	South East
postalCode	string	Postal code as the source writes it — formats differ per country.	SW1A 2AA
registrationStatus	string	Registration status in the register's own vocabulary, e.g. ISSUED. A register's status codes are its own and are not translated here.	example-value
registrationAuthority	string	Authority that maintains this registration.	example-value
initialRegistration	string	Date the entity was first registered.	example-value
lastUpdate	string	When the register last updated this record. Not when the entity last changed — registers revise records for back-office reasons too.	example-value
nextRenewal	string	Date the registration is next due for renewal.	example-value

02 — sample

One record

Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.

{
  "legalName": "example-value",
  "otherNames": "example-value",
  "status": "active",
  "legalForm": "private limited company",
  "jurisdiction": "example-value",
  "country": "Norway",
  "city": "Austin",
  "region": "South East"
}

03 — input

What you give it

Input	Type	Description
query	stringoptional	Legal name to search for, e.g. "Siemens". Partial names match.
country	stringoptional	Optional two-letter country code, e.g. PK, US, AE, KE.
maxItems	integeroptional	Stop after this many entities.
maxPages	integeroptional	Stop after this many pages of 100.

04 — run

Run Company Registry Search on your own input

It runs in the cloud on Apify. Nothing to install, and you are billed per result returned rather than per attempt.

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05 — questions

Asked before running it

13 of 14 fields described

What does Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI) return?: It returns 14 documented output fields: legalName, otherNames, status, legalForm, jurisdiction, country, city, region, postalCode, registrationStatus, registrationAuthority and initialRegistration. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value. The remaining 2 are listed in the output schema below.
What input does Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI) take?: All 4 inputs are optional and ship with usable defaults, so it runs as-is. They are listed with their types below.
Does Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI) need an API key or login?: No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
How do I run Company Registry Search — Legal Entities Worldwide (GLEIF LEI)?: It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.