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Shop & Establishment Verification API

Verify a shop and establishment licence number with the issuing state authority and get the registered business name, owner, address and validity. The practical KYB check for small merchants, retailers and service outlets that hold no other registration.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
2 required
Consent
Not required
Billing
Per successful call
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POST /v1/shop-establishment-verification
Sandbox · Production

  1. Your application sends

    • Registration number*
    • State*

  2. Profiden API

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

  3. Verified with

    State labour department registries

  4. You receive

    • Business name
    • Owner or employer name
    • Registered address
    • Licence status and validity
    • Nature of business
shop-establishment-verification Full reference

What the Shop & Establishment Verification API does

Millions of small businesses have no GST or corporate registration but do hold a shop and establishment licence from their state labour department. This API confirms that licence and its details, giving marketplaces, lenders and payment providers a verifiable record for the long tail of merchants.

Coverage spans the major state portals, with the response normalised so your integration does not care which state issued the licence.

Benefits of the Shop & Establishment Verification API

Confirm a state shop and establishment registration and the business behind it.

Covers the long tail

Verify merchants who have no GST or CIN.

Address on record

Registered premises for onboarding and collections.

Multi-state

One API across state portals.

Real-time

Fits inside merchant self-onboarding.

Use cases

Shop & Establishment Verification API use cases

Where the Shop & Establishment Verification API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Merchant onboarding

Payment acceptance and marketplace listing.

Small-business lending

Existence and tenure evidence for micro-loans.

Hyperlocal delivery partners

Verify stores joining a delivery network.

Distributor and retailer KYB

Validate downstream partners.

How the Shop & Establishment Verification API works

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

01

Authenticate

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

02

Send the inputs

Registration number, State as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

03

We verify at source

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

04

Act on the result

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

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Built for the DPDP Act 2023

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

Encryption in transit and at rest
Data processed in India
Per-request audit trail
Masked identifiers in responses

Shop & Establishment Verification API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Shop & Establishment Verification API to their integration.

Major states with online registries are supported, and coverage expands as more states digitise. The console lists current coverage.

Run GSTIN Verification as well; both results appear side by side in the response.

Related APIs

APIs that usually run alongside the Shop & Establishment Verification API, on the same key.

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GSTIN Verification

Business & KYB

Confirm GST registration, legal name, business type and filing compliance.

Udyam / MSME Verification

Business & KYB

Confirm MSME registration, enterprise type and major activity.

FSSAI Licence Verification

Business & KYB

Verify a food business licence, its status and validity.

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Tell us your use case and expected volume. We set up the organisation, share per-call pricing and issue keys.

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