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PAN Verification API

Check a Permanent Account Number against Income Tax Department records in real time. Get the registered name, PAN status, a name-match result and whether the PAN is seeded with Aadhaar, from a single request.

Response: Real-time
Inputs: 1 required · 2 optional
Consent: Not required
Billing: Per successful call

Get API access API reference

POST /v1/pan-verification

Sandbox · Production

Your application sends
- PAN number*
- Full name
- Date of birth
Profiden API

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

Income Tax Department PAN records
You receive
- Verification status
- Registered name
- Name match result
- PAN status (active / inactive)
- Date of birth match
- Aadhaar seeding status

pan-verification Full reference

What the PAN Verification API does

PAN is the anchor identifier for financial onboarding in India. The PAN Verification API confirms the number is valid and active, returns the name held on record and compares it with the name you supply, so you can spot typos, impersonation and inactive or deactivated PANs before money moves.

Optional name and date-of-birth inputs sharpen the match and let the API flag mismatches instead of leaving your team to compare strings by eye.

Where it is used

Banks & NBFCs Fintech IT & Technology E-commerce

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 PAN Verification API

Validate a PAN, match the name and confirm it is active with the tax department.

Name match built in

Send the declared name and receive a match verdict, not just a raw record to compare yourself.

Real-time

Sub-second answers keep account opening, payouts and vendor registration moving.

Aadhaar seeding visibility

See whether the PAN is linked to Aadhaar, an increasingly common regulatory requirement.

Works with the rest of the stack

Chain with GSTIN-by-PAN, bank account or credit report calls using the same key and response format.

Use cases

PAN Verification API use cases

Where the PAN Verification API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Employee and contractor onboarding

Verify the PAN a new hire submits for payroll and tax filing.

Vendor registration

Confirm the PAN behind a supplier before the first invoice is approved.

Lending and investment KYC

Mandatory PAN validation for loan, demat and mutual fund journeys.

Fraud prevention

Detect inactive, duplicate or mismatched PANs at application time.

How the PAN Verification 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

PAN 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 PAN Verification reference

PAN Verification API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the PAN Verification API to their integration.

The API compares the name you send with the name on the tax department record and returns a match verdict, so partial matches and spelling variations are handled consistently rather than by manual comparison.

Yes. The API works for individual and entity PANs. For companies, pair it with GSTIN-by-PAN and the MCA company lookup to complete the business profile.

PAN verification for KYC and onboarding is a standard, expected check. Profiden still recommends capturing purpose-limited consent, and our case workflows do this for you automatically.

The response flags the status explicitly so your workflow can route the case to review instead of failing silently.