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OpenCorporates — global company register

Name: OpenCorporates — global company register
License: CC-BY-4.0

OpenCorporates is the world's largest open company register with data from Bolagsverket (SE), CVR (DK) and 140+ other registers. Company data, officers, filings and group networks across jurisdictions. Free for open-data projects (CC-BY); an api_token is required (structured 503 not_configured without one). Issue #1211.

200.0M rows

Data volume

Daily

Updates

MCP tools

Example response — /companies/search

{
  "data": "..."
}

MCP integration

Available MCP tools

opencorporates.company

opencorporates.officers

opencorporates.search

Configuration for Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opencorporates": {
      "url": "https://data.ketl.no/mcp/opencorporates",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $KETL_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Analysis apps that use this source

Ready-made tools built on OpenCorporates — global company register data. Use them directly in the browser, or wire the same data into your own analysis via the API below.

Company profile

Cross-referenced company profile in a single lookup — Brreg, GLEIF LEI, OpenCorporates and Wikidata, with Nordic name matches from CVR (DK) and YTJ (FI). KYB, journalism and investor analysis.

OpenCorporates — global company register

Search 200+ million companies across 140+ jurisdictions — registration status, addresses and industry codes from the OpenCorporates open API.

API endpoints

GET

/companies/search

Søk selskaper

q required: Søkestreng (selskapsnavn/nummer). q=equinor
jurisdiction_code optional: Begrens til jurisdiksjon (f.eks. no, gb, dk). jurisdiction_code=no
country_code optional: Begrens til land (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). country_code=no
inactive optional: Inkluder/ekskluder inaktive selskaper. inactive=false
page optional: Sidenummer (1–100). page=1
per_page optional: Treff per side (1–100). per_page=30

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/companies/search?q=equinor
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/companies/search?q=equinor"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/companies/{jurisdiction}/{number}

Hent enkelt selskap

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/companies/{jurisdiction}/{number}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/companies/{jurisdiction}/{number}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/companies/{jurisdiction}/{number}/{sub}

officers/filings/network

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/companies/{jurisdiction}/{number}/{sub}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/companies/{jurisdiction}/{number}/{sub}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/officers/search

Personsøk

q required: Søkestreng (personnavn). q=solberg
jurisdiction_code optional: Begrens til jurisdiksjon (f.eks. no, gb, dk). jurisdiction_code=no
page optional: Sidenummer (1–100). page=1
per_page optional: Treff per side (1–100). per_page=30

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/officers/search?q=solberg
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/opencorporates/officers/search?q=solberg"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

Access and pricing

OpenCorporates — global company register is openly available — create an account to get started.

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