# Strale KYB Essentials DE — German Company Verification

> Strale KYB Essentials DE — German Company Verification is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $1.62/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Looks up and validates a German company's essential business data from official registries, optionally cross-checking EU VAT status via VIES.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/solutions/kyb-essentials-de
- Price: $1.62/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/strale-kyb-essentials-de-german-company-verification-3ad3b902
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uY-cX3ox6NLl9V-xH7_KC

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 strale-kyb-essentials-de-german-company-verification-3ad3b902 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you run a KYB essentials check on the German company 'Volkswagen AG' and verify their EU VAT number DE115235681 using the official German registry?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative, auditable KYB data specifically for German-registered companies, especially when a cryptographic audit trail is required for compliance purposes. It is preferable to generic company-lookup APIs when you need VIES VAT cross-validation alongside registry data, or when operating in regulated industries that require tamper-evident audit records. Best for B2B onboarding workflows, supplier due diligence, and invoice validation involving German entities.

## Known failure modes

- Company not found in German registry — returns error or empty result if name/number does not match any registered entity
- Invalid VAT number format — returns validation error if VAT prefix or format is malformed
- VAT number mismatch — VIES returns different entity than registry data
- Network timeout or registry unavailability — upstream Handelsregister or VIES service may be temporarily unreachable
- Ambiguous company name — multiple matches may require more specific input (registration number preferred)
- Payment failure — x402 micropayment of 1.62 USDC not processed, call not executed

## How this service works

The trust layer for AI agents — 250+ independently tested data capabilities across 27 countries. Execute capabilities via REST, MCP, A2A, or x402 micropayments. Every call returns an audit record with cryptographic chain hashing.

## Output

Returns structured JSON containing the company's official registry data (legal name, registration number, address, legal form, status), optionally enriched with EU VAT VIES validation results, plus a cryptographic audit record with chain hashing for compliance trail purposes.

## 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": [
      "company_name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "vat_number": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "EU VAT number with country prefix (e.g. ATU14189108). Optional — used for VIES validation when the registry lookup does not return one (e.g. AT, SK); auto-derived from registry data where possible."
      },
      "company_name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "German company name or registration number"
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

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