# Australian Company Lookup via ABN/ACN

> Australian Company Lookup via ABN/ACN is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Look up Australian company details by ABN, ACN, or company name via ABN Lookup, returning registration status, business type, and jurisdiction.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.strale.io/x402/australian-company-data
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-strale-io-1ce5bac6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ll0JCDmMzJffgS0SvrbUM

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-strale-io-1ce5bac6 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the Australian company registered under ABN 51824753556 and tell me its legal name, registration status, and business type?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to verify or enrich data about an Australian business entity and have an ABN, ACN, or company name. Ideal for KYC, supplier onboarding, invoice validation, or compliance workflows involving Australian companies. Prefer over manual ABN Lookup website access when automation or programmatic enrichment is needed.

## Known failure modes

- ABN not found — returns empty or error if the number doesn't exist in ABN Lookup
- Invalid format — if the ABN/ACN has wrong digit count, the API may reject the request
- Fuzzy name search returns multiple or no matches
- Rate limiting or payment failure (x402 protocol)
- Temporarily unavailable if upstream ABN Lookup API is down

## How this service works

Look up Australian company data from ABN Lookup. Accepts ABN (11 digits), ACN (9 digits), or fuzzy company name. SQS: 63/100.

## Output

Returns a structured object containing the company's ABN, ACN, legal name, registration status (e.g. active/cancelled), business type, and ISO 3166-1 jurisdiction code (AU), plus an auto-derived VAT number where applicable.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "abn"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "abn": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ABN (11 digits), ACN (9 digits), or company name"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "abn": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "acn": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "status": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "vat_number": {
  "type": "string",
  "description": "EU VAT number (auto-derived from national ID when possible)"
 },
 "company_name": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "jurisdiction": {
  "type": "string",
  "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code"
 },
 "business_type": {
  "type": "string"
 }
}
```

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