Company KYB Resolver — GLEIF LEI + SEC EDGAR, 12 Fields

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Resolve a company name to its canonical identifiers in one call across two authoritative registries: GLEIF for the Legal Entity Identifier and SEC EDGAR for the CIK of US filers. 12 fields per company including LEI, LEI registration status, registered legal name, HQ country, entity status, an EU-registration flag, EDGAR CIK, EDGAR filer name, last filing date and a resolved boolean.

Pure HTTP against both official APIs. No API key, no login, no browser.

Why use this company KYB resolver

• Two registries, one row. GLEIF and SEC EDGAR are separate systems with separate identifiers. This Actor joins them so a name goes in and both identifiers come out.
• The EDGAR match is verified, not assumed. EDGAR full-text search returns filings that contain your phrase, and the filer of that document is often a different company. Taking the top hit made private companies resolve to whichever public company mentioned them. This Actor only accepts a hit whose filer name actually matches the queried company, and returns nothing otherwise — "no SEC presence" is the correct answer for a private firm.
• An explicit resolved flag. Every input company gets a row. resolved tells you whether either registry produced an identifier, so a name that matched nothing is visible in your join rather than silently missing.
• Country-scoped disambiguation. countryCode restricts the GLEIF search to entities headquartered in that country, which separates same-name entities across jurisdictions.
• EDGAR is optional. Set includeEDGAR: false to skip the SEC lookup entirely when you only need LEI.

Resolve a batch of company names

{
  "companies": ["Apple Inc", "Volkswagen AG", "Nestle S.A."],
  "includeEDGAR": true
}

The core call: names in, LEI plus CIK out, one row per company.

Disambiguate same-name entities by country

{
  "companies": ["Santander"],
  "countryCode": "ES",
  "includeEDGAR": false
}

countryCode filters the GLEIF search on headquarters country, which is how you separate a parent from its national subsidiaries.

Resolve LEI only, skipping SEC

{
  "companies": ["Siemens AG", "Airbus SE", "ASML Holding N.V."],
  "includeEDGAR": false
}

For a European book the EDGAR lookup adds latency and no information. Turning it off makes the run faster.

Screen a vendor list for EU registration

{
  "companies": [
    "SAP SE",
    "Shopify Inc",
    "Spotify AB",
    "Atlassian Corporation"
  ]
}

is_eu_registered is derived from the GLEIF headquarters country against the 27 EU member states — a fast first pass before a full jurisdiction review.

What data does the KYB resolver return

{
  "query_name": "Apple Inc",
  "lei": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
  "lei_status": "ISSUED",
  "legal_name": "APPLE INC.",
  "country": "US",
  "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
  "is_eu_registered": false,
  "edgar_cik": "0000320193",
  "edgar_name": "Apple Inc. (AAPL)",
  "resolved": true,
  "scraped_at": "2026-08-01T23:00:00.000Z"
}

Field	Description
query_name	The name you submitted, so the row joins back to your input
lei, lei_status	GLEIF identifier and its registration status
legal_name, country, entity_status	Registered name, HQ country and GLEIF entity status
is_eu_registered	Derived from the GLEIF HQ country against the 27 EU member states
edgar_cik, edgar_name	SEC identifiers for verified US filers. For actual filing history, use SEC EDGAR Filings — correctly date-sorted, not this resolver's job.
resolved	True when either registry produced an identifier
scraped_at	Capture timestamp

is_eu_registered is a jurisdiction flag derived from GLEIF's HQ country, not a live VAT check. If you need VAT validity, run the EU VAT Checker (VIES) as a second step.

How the resolver works without an API key

Both sources are open. For each company the Actor queries GLEIF's lei-records endpoint filtered on legal name (and headquarters country when you supply one), then queries SEC EDGAR full-text search restricted to 10-K filings. EDGAR hits are name-normalised — punctuation stripped, legal suffixes such as Inc, Corp, GmbH and PBC removed — and only accepted when the filer name genuinely matches the query. Requests are paced with short pauses between lookups.

What can you build with resolved company identifiers

KYB and vendor onboarding. A single call that returns a legally grounded identifier before you open an account.

Entity resolution. Join messy CRM company names to LEI and CIK as stable keys.

Diligence workflows. Confirm a target's legal entity, jurisdiction and whether it files with the SEC.

AI grounding. Ask a model for a company's CIK and it will confidently invent one. Resolving against the registries is the fix.

How much does it cost to resolve companies

Pay per company resolved: $0.005 on the Apify Free plan, $0.0025 on Gold and above. Every submitted company produces a row, including unmatched ones, so you can see exactly what failed to resolve.

How do I use the KYB resolver in Claude or ChatGPT

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=themineworks/company-identity-resolver

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('themineworks/company-identity-resolver').call({
  companies: ['Apple Inc', 'Volkswagen AG'],
  includeEDGAR: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

Company KYB resolver FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. Both GLEIF and SEC EDGAR are open.

Why is edgar_cik empty for a company I know exists? Either it is private and does not file with the SEC, or its filer name did not match the query. The Actor deliberately returns nothing rather than the wrong CIK.

Does is_eu_registered mean the VAT number is valid? No. It is a jurisdiction flag from the GLEIF HQ country. Use the EU VAT Checker for validity.

Why does a name return no LEI? GLEIF matches the registered legal name. Try the full legal form, or add countryCode to narrow the search.

Can I resolve by ticker? No. Input is company name. Use the GLEIF LEI Lookup Actor if you already hold LEIs.

Complete your KYB pipeline

• GLEIF LEI Lookup — the full 18-field legal entity record.
• EU VAT Checker (VIES) — live VAT validity with registered name and address.

Found a bug or want a field added? Open an issue on the Actor's Apify Console page.

Related guides

• Ask an AI for a Company's SEC CIK and It Will Lie to You. Here Is the Fix.
• Company KYB Resolver: LEI, EU VAT, and SEC CIK Lookup in One API Call
• Company KYB Resolver: Resolve LEI, EU VAT, and SEC CIK in One API Call

Last verified: 2026-08