Business Check

POST /api/v2/business_check operationId: business_check

Live: https://gdapi.globaldata.net.au/api/v2/business_check · Sandbox: https://sandbox-gdapi.globaldata.net.au/api/v2/business_check

Performs a business lookup by ACN (9 digits) or ABN (11 digits), and combines ABR and ASIC data where available.

Input

number must be a valid ABN or ACN.

Output

Returns:

business identity and status details
address details
ASIC dates and recent document metadata
business names and historical name details

Not found

If the number passes the ABN or ACN checksum but neither the ABR nor ASIC has a record of it, the call succeeds with "match": []. This is still a billable attempt.

Sandbox Environment

The sandbox dataset is deterministic and does not use live data. Any other checksum-valid ABN or ACN returns an empty match. The companies are the same entities used by the ASIC Search, ASIC Company Search and ASIC Extract sandboxes.

Name	ABN	ACN	ABN Status	ACN Status	Notes
TECH INNOVATORS LTD	32111111114	111111114	active	registered	Business name and recent ASIC documents
GREEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS PTY LTD	11123456780	123456780	cancelled	deregistered	Deregistered 2021-09-30, former name, not GST registered
URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORP PTY LTD	54222222228	222222228	active	registered	Former name, current and ceased business names
CREATIVE MEDIA AGENCY PTY LTD	33234567894	234567894	active	registered	No business names or recent documents
COPPER FINCH CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD	94782610486	782610486	active	registered
MARBLE KOOKABURRA INTERIORS PTY LTD	84655375652	655375652	active	registered
HARRIET MAY WREN	48447261305		active		Sole trader with a business name; ABR data only, no ACN or ASIC fields

Request body

Content type application/json. Business check request details.

Field Description

Field	Description
`number`required	string ABN (11 digits) or ACN (9 digits). Example: `91605303875`

numberrequired

string

ABN (11 digits) or ACN (9 digits).

Example: 91605303875

Responses

200

Business check result.

application/json

Field Description

message

string

Example: Ok

api_reference

string (uuid)

Example: fe4291ca-d831-4760-96df-c9cb03b3cd95

match

one of 2 shapes

The matched business. An empty array [] when the number is not known to the ABR or ASIC.

Business Check match

Field	Description
`name`	string or null Example: `SEMVIA FINANCE PTY LTD`
`type`	string or null Example: `Australian Private Company`
`abn`	string or null Example: `91605303875`
`abn_status`	string or null Example: `active`
`abn_gst_registered`	boolean Example: `true`
`acn`	string or null Example: `605303875`
`acn_status`	string or null Example: `registered`
`address_locality`	string or null Example: `MELBOURNE`
`address_state`	string or null Example: `VIC`
`address_postcode`	string or null Example: `3000`
`asic_reg_date`	string or null Example: `2015-04-15`
`asic_review_date`	string or null Example: `2026-04-15`
`asic_deregistered_date`	string or null
`asic_recent_documents`	array of objects
`asic_recent_documents[].form_code`	string Example: `484`
`asic_recent_documents[].description`	string Example: `CHANGE TO COMPANY DETAILS`
`asic_recent_documents[].date`	string Example: `2021-07-07`
`asic_recent_documents[].document_number`	string Example: `7EBJ24000`
`asic_recent_documents[].sub_documents`	array of objects
`asic_recent_documents[].sub_documents[].form_code`	string Example: `484N`
`asic_recent_documents[].sub_documents[].description`	string Example: `CHANGES TO (MEMBERS) SHARE HOLDINGS`
`business_names`	array of objects
`business_names[].name`	string Example: `Payexpress`
`business_names[].from`	string or null Example: `2015-07-16`
`business_names[].to`	string or null
`business_names[].type`	string Example: `business_name`
`name_details`	array of objects
`name_details[].type`	string Example: `organisation`
`name_details[].entity_name`	string Example: `SEMVIA FINANCE PTY LTD`
`name_details[].from`	string or null Example: `2015-04-24`
`name_details[].to`	string or null

Empty array

Returned when the number is not known to the ABR or ASIC. (array [max 0 items])

Standard error responses: 400 401 402 403 429 5XX See common error responses

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Request body application/json

{
    "number": "91605303875"
}

Response

200 Business check result.

{
    "message": "Ok",
    "api_reference": "fe4291ca-d831-4760-96df-c9cb03b3cd95",
    "match": {
        "name": "SEMVIA FINANCE PTY LTD",
        "type": "Australian Private Company",
        "abn": "91605303875",
        "abn_status": "active",
        "abn_gst_registered": true,
        "acn": "605303875",
        "acn_status": "registered",
        "address_locality": "MELBOURNE",
        "address_state": "VIC",
        "address_postcode": "3000",
        "asic_reg_date": "2015-04-15",
        "asic_review_date": "2026-04-15",
        "asic_deregistered_date": null,
        "asic_recent_documents": [
            {
                "form_code": "484",
                "description": "CHANGE TO COMPANY DETAILS",
                "date": "2021-07-07",
                "document_number": "7EBJ24000",
                "sub_documents": [
                    {
                        "form_code": "484N",
                        "description": "CHANGES TO (MEMBERS) SHARE HOLDINGS"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "business_names": [
            {
                "name": "Payexpress",
                "from": "2015-07-16",
                "to": null,
                "type": "business_name"
            }
        ],
        "name_details": [
            {
                "type": "organisation",
                "entity_name": "SEMVIA FINANCE PTY LTD",
                "from": "2015-04-24",
                "to": null
            }
        ]
    }
}

400 Bad or missing input parameter shared error response

{
    "message": "string"
}

401 Unauthorized - The request is not authorized. shared error response

{
    "message": "API Key Inactive"
}

402 Insufficient Credit - Insufficient credit to process this request shared error response

{
    "message": "Insufficient Credit"
}

403 No access - No permission to process this request shared error response

{
    "message": "No access"
}

429 Rate limited - The request rate limit has been reached shared error response

{
    "message": "Rate limited"
}

5XX Internal error - Internal system error shared error response

{
    "message": "Internal error"
}