Find companies by name or register identity
Looks up companies by name, by register identity (court, register type and number), or both. A register identity is not guaranteed to be unique — about 1% of identities are shared by more than one entry — so this always returns a list.
Requires name or register_number.
Pages by limit and cursor. A cursor holds this search's parameters, not its page size:
the next page may ask for another limit. A cursor sent with other parameters answers
400 validation_failed naming cursor.
Costs 1 credit.
Authorization
bearerAuth Your API key, sent as Authorization: Bearer rc_live_….
In: header
Query Parameters
Company name or part of it.
Matching is by words, ignoring case: every word you give must appear in the
name, in any order, and the last one also matches as the start of a word
(Beisp finds Beispiel). Small typos are tolerated. A fragment from the middle
of a word does not match. When no name contains every word, names that contain
fewer of them are returned instead.
Active companies come first, then the best match.
2 <= length <= 200Deprecated alias of name, served until 2026-12-31. It searches exactly as
name does, and every response to a request that uses it carries the
Deprecation and Sunset headers. Giving both name and q is a 400.
2 <= length <= 200The register court: its code (D2601), its name (Amtsgericht München) or its town (München).
1 <= length <= 100Register type.
Value in
- "HRA"
- "HRB"
- "GnR"
- "PR"
- "VR"
- "GsR"
Register number without the register type, for example 999999 or 12345 B.
length <= 20Only companies with one of these statuses.
City of the registered address.
length <= 100Page size.
1 <= value <= 10020The next_cursor of the previous page; leave it out for the first page. Opaque: pass it
back as it came. A cursor from another list, or from the same list with other filters,
answers 400 validation_failed naming cursor.
1 <= length <= 2000Response Body
application/json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
curl -X GET "https://api.registercheck.de/v1/search/companies?name=Beispiel+Reisen®ister_court=D2601®ister_type=HRB®ister_number=999999&status=active&city=M%C3%BCnchen" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $REGISTERCHECK_API_KEY"{ "object": "page", "next_cursor": null, "total_count": 1, "data": [ { "object": "summary", "type": "company", "id": "cmp_01hxn3rys1fh58w4d1pb1x9s81", "name": "Beispiel Reisen GmbH", "status": "active", "legal_form": "gmbh", "register": { "court": { "code": "D2601", "name": "Amtsgericht München" }, "type": "HRB", "number": "999999", "formatted": "Amtsgericht München HRB 999999", "country": "DE" }, "address": { "city": "München" }, "registration_date": null, "founding_date": "2010-01-15" } ]}