entity.lei.profile

Legal Entity Profile

The GLEIF record behind a Legal Entity Identifier — legal and headquarters addresses, jurisdiction, legal form, registration status and renewal dates. The checksum is validated before lookup.

Example answer

Ask

Which local company register and number sits behind this LEI?

GET /v1/entities/lei/HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394

Eckari

{
  "lei": "HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394",
  "legal_name": "Apple Inc.",
  "legal_name_language": "en",
  "other_names": [
    {
      "name": "Apple Computer, Inc.",
      "type": "PREVIOUS_LEGAL_NAME",
      "language": "en"
    }
  ],
  "legal_address": {
    "lines": [
      "C/O C T Corporation System",
      "330 N. Brand Blvd",
      "Suite 700"
    ],
    "city": "Glendale",
    "region": "US-CA",
    "country": "US",
    "postal_code": "91203"
  },
  "headquarters_address": {
    "lines": [
      "One Apple Park Way"
    ],
    "city": "Cupertino",
    "region": "US-CA",
    "country": "US",
    "postal_code": "95014"
  },
  "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
  "legal_form": {
    "code": "H1UM",
    "other": null
  },
  "category": "GENERAL",
  "sub_category": null,
  "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
  "creation_date": "1977-01-03",
  "expiration": null,
  "registered_at": {
    "ra_code": "RA000598",
    "name": "Secretary of State"
  },
  "registered_as": "806592",
  "registration": {
    "status": "ISSUED",
    "initial_date": "2012-06-06T15:53:00Z",
    "last_update": "2026-03-03T16:34:33Z",
    "next_renewal": "2027-03-08T17:27:20Z",
    "days_until_renewal": 202,
    "managing_lou": "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
    "corroboration_level": "FULLY_CORROBORATED",
    "validated_at": {
      "ra_code": "RA000598",
      "name": "Secretary of State"
    },
    "validated_as": "806592"
  },
  "bic": [
    "APLEUS66XXX"
  ],
  "conformity_flag": "CONFORMING",
  "golden_copy_date": "2026-08-18T00:00:00Z",
  "related": {
    "direct_parent_available": false,
    "ultimate_parent_available": false,
    "children_available": true
  }
}

Source: GLEIF
Freshness: Near live
Price: $0.004

Version: 2.0.0
Transport: HTTP / MCP
Coverage: Global

Use this when

Look up everything the LEI register holds for this identifier.
You need to verify that an LEI is real, current and belongs to the entity you expect.
Which local company register and number sits behind this LEI?
You need the registered legal address and headquarters address of a counterparty.
Is this LEI registration lapsed or due for renewal?
You need the BIC codes associated with a legal entity.

Don't use this when

You only have a company name — use entity.lei.search first.
You need parent or subsidiary relationships — LEI hierarchy is not in this release; the related flags tell you what GLEIF holds.
You need UK register detail — use company.uk.profile with the registered_as number when ra_code is RA000585.
You need SEC filings or CIK data — use company.us.profile.

If the user has asked you to inspect a specific website, page or URL, use your browsing tool instead — this capability only returns the GLEIF LEI Public API record.

Input

leistringrequired

20-character ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier (18 alphanumerics + 2 check digits). Case-insensitive. The structure is checked before payment, so a wrong-shaped LEI is rejected on the 402 (details.input_validation). The ISO 7064 MOD 97-10 checksum cannot be expressed as a schema pattern and is verified at execution: it fails with INVALID_INPUT before any upstream call and before settlement, so a bad checksum is never charged for.

What the result means

leistring

20-character ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier, upper-cased.

legal_namestring, null

Registered legal name as held by GLEIF, or null when the record carries no legal name. Never falls back to the LEI itself — an identifier is not a name.

legal_name_languagestring, null

ISO language code of the legal name, or null.

other_namesarray

Other or previous names GLEIF holds for the entity, in GLEIF order.

legal_addressobject, null

Registered legal address as held by GLEIF.

headquarters_addressobject, null

Headquarters address as held by GLEIF; often differs from the legal address (which may be a registered agent).

Provenance

Source: GLEIF
Freshness: Near live · read at request time, not cached
Region: Global

Access

Over MCP: entity_lei_profile
Over HTTP: GET https://api.eckari.com/v1/entities/lei/{lei}
Price: $0.004 per call over x402. Account access $0.003 when that rail opens.