# GLEIF Legal Entity Identity Lookup

> GLEIF Legal Entity Identity Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from agentbit.app, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Look up a company by LEI, search legal entities by name across jurisdictions, or validate an LEI checksum using authoritative GLEIF data for KYB and compliance workflows.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://agentbit.app/v1/business/identity
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gleif-legal-entity-identity-lookup-af5f33e4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gp96EP9MfyEe9hvKLVUkg

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 gleif-legal-entity-identity-lookup-af5f33e4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the GLEIF legal entity record for LEI 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12 and tell me the company's legal name, jurisdiction, and whether it's currently active?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, GLEIF-sourced legal entity identity data for KYB or compliance purposes — specifically when you have an LEI to resolve, need to search for a company's official legal name and jurisdiction, or must validate an LEI checksum. Prefer this over general business data enrichment endpoints when regulatory-grade identity accuracy is required rather than web-signal enrichment.

## Known failure modes

- LEI not found in GLEIF registry — returns found: false
- Invalid LEI format fails checksum validation before lookup
- Company name search returns no matches for obscure or misspelled entities
- GLEIF upstream unavailability causes timeout or 503 error
- Ambiguous company name search returns multiple candidates requiring disambiguation

## How this service works

Legal entity identity via GLEIF: look up a company by LEI, search legal entities by name across jurisdictions, or validate an LEI checksum. Returns legal name, status, jurisdiction, registered address and registration details — authoritative data for KYB and compliance agents.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the LEI code, found flag, entity status (e.g. ACTIVE, LAPSED), legal name, jurisdiction code, legal address (city, country), and registration details sourced from the GLEIF authoritative registry.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "lei": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "operation": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "company_name": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "lei": "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
  "found": true,
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "legal_name": "BNP PARIBAS",
  "jurisdiction": "FR",
  "legal_address": {
   "city": "Paris",
   "country": "FR"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gleif-legal-entity-identity-lookup-af5f33e4/health.json
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