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.
Your application sends
emver 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
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.
Incorporation status, company type, registered office and filing compliance from the corporate registry.
Data from the corporate registry, not a scraped directory.
Status flags stop contracts with companies that no longer legally operate.
Overdue annual filings are an early signal of financial or governance stress.
Confirms the legal seat of the company for contracts and notices.
Where the Company (MCA) Lookup API is typically called, and what it settles there.
Verify incorporation before signing an MSA or issuing a PO.
Confirm borrower entity status and filing history.
Know your customer's legal identity before invoicing.
Confirm a candidate's previous employer is a real, active company.
Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console.
Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.
CIN / registration number as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.
emver queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.
A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.
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FAQ
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.
Usually called with the Company (MCA) Lookup API, on the same key.
Business & KYB
Resolve a person's directorships and DIN status from the corporate registry.
Business & KYB
Confirm GST registration, legal name, business type and filing compliance.
Business & KYB
Confirm MSME registration, enterprise type and major activity.
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