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Company (MCA) Lookup API

Verify a company or LLP by its CIN or registration number and receive incorporation status, entity type, date of incorporation, registered address and annual-filing compliance straight from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs registry.

Response: Real-time
Inputs: 1 required · 1 optional
Consent: Not required
Billing: Per successful call

Get API access API reference

POST /v1/mca-company-lookup

Sandbox · Production

Your application sends
- CIN / registration number*
- Company name
Profiden API

Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.
Verified with

MCA21 corporate registry
You receive
- Incorporation status (active, struck off, dormant)
- Company type
- Date of incorporation
- Registered office address
- Annual filing compliance

mca-company-lookup Full reference

What the Company (MCA) Lookup API does

Whether you are onboarding a vendor, a client, a channel partner or a borrower, the corporate registry is the authoritative record of whether the company exists, is active and is keeping up with statutory filings. The Company Lookup API brings that record into your workflow without anyone opening a government portal.

Provide an expected company name and the API checks it against the registered name, so a shell entity trading under a familiar-sounding name does not slip through.

Where it is used

Banks & NBFCs Manufacturing Professional Services IT & Technology

Good to know

Same key and response envelope as every other Profiden API.
Synchronous call: the result comes back in the same request.
Also available as a check inside Profiden cases, with a PDF report.
Sandbox demo hits let you integrate before production billing.

Benefits of the Company (MCA) Lookup API

Incorporation status, company type, registered office and filing compliance from the corporate registry.

Authoritative source

Data from the corporate registry, not a scraped directory.

Catch struck-off and dormant entities

Status flags stop contracts with companies that no longer legally operate.

Filing compliance

Overdue annual filings are an early signal of financial or governance stress.

Registered address

Confirms the legal seat of the company for contracts and notices.

Use cases

Company (MCA) Lookup API use cases

Where the Company (MCA) Lookup API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Vendor and partner due diligence

Verify incorporation before signing an MSA or issuing a PO.

Business lending and trade finance

Confirm borrower entity status and filing history.

Client onboarding for B2B SaaS and services

Know your customer's legal identity before invoicing.

Employment verification

Confirm a candidate's previous employer is a real, active company.

How the Company (MCA) Lookup API works

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console at console.profiden.com.

Authenticate

Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

Send the inputs

CIN / registration number as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

We verify at source

Profiden queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

Act on the result

A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Open the Company (MCA) Lookup reference

Company (MCA) Lookup API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Company (MCA) Lookup API to their integration.

Companies and LLPs registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. For partnerships and proprietorships, use GSTIN and Udyam verification instead.

Yes. The Directorship Lookup API resolves DIN status and the companies a person is a director of.

The CIN or registration number is required for an exact match. The optional name is compared against the registered name for an additional check.