# GLEIF LEI Lookup (`gio21/gleif-lei-lookup`) Actor

Look up Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) records by company legal name or LEI code, with full address, jurisdiction, and registration data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gio21/gleif-lei-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Gio](https://apify.com/gio21) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 record scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## GLEIF LEI Lookup

Look up **Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)** records by company legal name or LEI code, via the official **GLEIF** API. LEIs are the global standard for identifying legal entities in financial transactions, required for KYB/KYC, counterparty due diligence, and regulatory reporting.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `companyName` | string | Legal entity name to search, e.g. `Apple` |
| `leiCode` | string | Direct lookup by a specific LEI code (takes priority) |
| `country` | string | Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 filter, e.g. `US`, `DE`, `BR` |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max records to return for a name search (default 20) |

Example:

```json
{
    "companyName": "Deutsche Bank",
    "country": "DE",
    "maxResults": 20
}
```

### Output

```json
{
    "lei": "7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86",
    "legalName": "DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "jurisdiction": "DE",
    "category": "GENERAL",
    "legalForm": "2HBR",
    "legalAddress": {"city": "Frankfurt am Main", "country": "DE", "postalCode": "60325", "addressLines": ["Taunusanlage 12"]},
    "headquartersAddress": {"city": "Frankfurt am Main", "country": "DE", "postalCode": "60325", "addressLines": ["Taunusanlage 12"]},
    "registrationStatus": "ISSUED",
    "initialRegistrationDate": "2012-06-06T15:00:00Z",
    "lastUpdateDate": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "nextRenewalDate": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "managingLou": "213800WAVVOPS85N2205",
    "bic": null,
    "url": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: **$0.003 per record** ($3 per 1,000 records).

Free users: up to 10 records per run.

### Use cases

- KYB/KYC and counterparty due diligence
- Trade and legal-entity identity verification for compliance teams
- Enriching company datasets with global legal-entity identifiers
- Regulatory reporting (LEI is required for many financial transactions worldwide)

# Actor input Schema

## `companyName` (type: `string`):

Legal entity name to search for (e.g. "Apple"). Leave empty if using leiCode instead.

## `leiCode` (type: `string`):

A specific 20-character Legal Entity Identifier to look up directly, e.g. "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394". Takes priority over companyName if both are set.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional: restrict name search results to this country's legal address, e.g. "US", "DE", "BR".

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of LEI records to return for a name search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companyName": "Apple",
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "companyName": "Apple",
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gio21/gleif-lei-lookup").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "companyName": "Apple",
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gio21/gleif-lei-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "companyName": "Apple",
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call gio21/gleif-lei-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gio21/gleif-lei-lookup",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/2AlJjCUtgdhPzQuJE/builds/pA6XTbrY5p6w1JmGB/openapi.json