# GLEIF LEI Registry Lookup & Search via 2s.io

> GLEIF LEI Registry Lookup & Search via 2s.io is a paid API for AI agents from 2s.io, paid per call via x402, $0.0012/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Look up a legal entity by exact LEI or search the global GLEIF registry by company name, returning full LEI record including jurisdiction, status, and headquarters details.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://2s.io/api/business/lei
- Price: $0.0012/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gleif-lei-registry-lookup-search-via-2s-io-cdfce67c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_tcJ0L0WP104wL9gn8B7bE

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-lei-registry-lookup-search-via-2s-io-cdfce67c
```

Example prompt: Search the GLEIF LEI registry for active entities named 'Deutsche Bank' headquartered in Germany and return the top 5 results with their LEI codes, legal jurisdiction, entity status, and HQ details.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative ISO 17442 LEI data from the GLEIF Golden Copy — the single global source of truth for legal entity identifiers. Prefer it over local databases or web scraping when you need structured, standardized entity data for KYC/KYB, regulatory reporting, counterparty resolution, or vendor master enrichment. It covers ~2.6M entities worldwide and is available as public-domain (CC0) data at a low per-call cost via x402.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed LEI returns no results or a 400 error
- Ambiguous name query returns zero results if no close match exists in GLEIF data
- Country filter applied to LEI lookup (not name search) may be silently ignored
- Lapsed or retired LEIs may still be returned unless status=active filter is applied
- Pagination offset beyond total result count returns an empty list
- GLEIF Golden Copy may lag real-time registrations by hours or days

## How this service works

Look up or search the global LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) registry — the authoritative ISO 17442 directory of ~2.6M legal entities worldwide. Pass `lei` for an exact 20-character LEI, or `query` to search by legal/other name (ranked best-match first). Filter name search by `country` (ISO 2-letter, HQ country) and `status` (active = currently active entities only; all = default). Each result returns the LEI, legal name, an alternate/other name, legal jurisdiction, entity category (GENERAL/FUND/BRANCH/…), ISO 20275 legal-form code, entity status (ACTIVE/INACTIVE), LEI registration status (ISSUED/LAPSED/RETIRED/…), headquarters city/region/country/postal code, the initial registration + last update + next renewal dates, and the managing LOU. Use this to canonicalize a company name to its LEI, resolve a counterparty, or enrich a vendor master. Data: GLEIF Golden Copy (CC0, public domain).

## Output

A ranked list of matching legal entities (or a single exact-match record if an LEI was provided), each containing: the 20-character LEI, legal name, alternate name, legal jurisdiction, entity category (GENERAL/FUND/BRANCH/etc.), ISO 20275 legal-form code, entity status (ACTIVE/INACTIVE), LEI registration status (ISSUED/LAPSED/RETIRED/etc.), headquarters address fields (city, region, country, postal code), initial registration date, last update date, next renewal date, and the managing LOU name.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "limit": 5,
   "query": "Apple Inc",
   "offset": 0,
   "status": "active"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "properties": {
      "lei": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Exact 20-character ISO 17442 LEI."
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "1–100, default 20."
      },
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Free-text legal/other name search."
      },
      "offset": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Pagination offset, default 0."
      },
      "status": {
       "enum": [
        "active",
        "all"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "active = ACTIVE entities only; all (default)."
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "HQ country ISO 2-letter filter (e.g. US), name search only."
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gleif-lei-registry-lookup-search-via-2s-io-cdfce67c/health.json
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