# GLEIF LEI Search by Legal Name

> GLEIF LEI Search by Legal Name is a paid API for AI agents from gleif.openverbs.com, paid per call via x402, $0.006/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Search for Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) by company legal name, optionally filtered by country, returning matched entities with their LEI, verified name, registration status, jurisdiction, and location.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://gleif.openverbs.com/v1/search
- Price: $0.006/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gleif-lei-search-by-legal-name-3b17f7e5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2TL80XL8id5VG_Deo5sm-

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-search-by-legal-name-3b17f7e5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the GLEIF database for the LEI of 'Bloomberg Finance' — filter to US entities and return the top 5 matches with their LEI codes, registration status, and jurisdiction.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you have a company's legal name (or part of it) and need to find its authoritative LEI code — the reverse flow of LEI-to-entity lookup. Ideal for KYC onboarding, regulatory reporting (MiFID II, EMIR, Dodd-Frank), and due diligence workflows where you need GLEIF's verified identity data. Prefer this over generic company search APIs when LEI accuracy and regulatory-grade data sourced directly from GLEIF are required.

## Known failure modes

- No matches found if the company name is misspelled or too generic
- Multiple ambiguous results when company name is common — requires country filter to narrow down
- Invalid country code causes validation error
- Name shorter than 2 characters rejected
- Lapsed or transferred LEI records may appear in results — status field must be checked
- GLEIF data lag: newly registered entities may not appear immediately

## How this service works

Find Legal Entity Identifiers by legal name, optionally filtered to an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country. Returns matching entities with their LEI, verified legal name, registration status, jurisdiction and city/country - the reverse of lookup, for when you have a company name but need its authoritative LEI and legal identity.

## Output

Returns a list of matched legal entities (up to 25), each containing their LEI code, verified legal name, registration status (e.g. ISSUED, LAPSED), jurisdiction, and city/country of legal address. Data is sourced from the GLEIF registry under CC0 license.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 200,
       "minLength": 2,
       "description": "Legal name (or a distinctive part of it) to search for, e.g. \"Bloomberg Finance\"."
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "default": 10,
       "maximum": 25,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Maximum number of matches to return (default 10)."
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 2,
       "minLength": 2,
       "description": "Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the legal address, e.g. \"US\"."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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