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🌐 GLEIF LEI Scraper

🚀 Look up Legal Entity Identifier records for any company worldwide.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-06 · 📊 22 fields per record · 3M+ LEI records · 200+ jurisdictions · KYC, AML, due diligence, counterparty risk

The GLEIF LEI Scraper searches the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation registry and returns structured records for any company holding a 20-character LEI. The LEI system is a G20-mandated, ISO-standardised identifier used worldwide by financial regulators, exchanges, payment networks, and KYC platforms.

The scraper covers all 3 million+ active and lapsed LEIs issued across 200+ jurisdictions. Filters run server-side so a single run can isolate every active LEI in Germany, every bank in Singapore, or every parent of a holding company.

📋 What the GLEIF LEI Scraper does

Five filtering workflows in a single run:

• 🆔 LEI lookup. Direct lookup by 20-character LEI code returns the full record.
• 🔍 Free-text search. Match by company legal name across the global registry.
• 🇪🇺 Jurisdiction filter. Restrict by ISO country code (DE, US, GB, JP, SG, AU).
• ✅ Status filter. Active, lapsed, retired, merged, transferred, or any.
• 👨‍👦 Parent relationships. Optional ultimate-parent and direct-parent LEI fetch.

💡 Why it matters: clean, server-side filtering removes the parser-and-pagination work from your team and keeps your dataset fresh on every run.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

⚙️ Input

Example: lookup Apple Inc..

{
"maxItems":1,
"lei":"HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394"
}

Example: all active banks in Germany.

{
"maxItems":500,
"query":"bank",
"country":"DE",
"registrationStatus":"ISSUED"
}

📊 Output

Each record contains 22 fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

📦 Sample records

✨ Why choose this Actor

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the GLEIF LEI Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick your filters and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

💼 Business use cases

🔌 Automating GLEIF LEI Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Hourly, daily, or weekly refreshes keep downstream databases in sync automatically.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Provide a name, LEI, country, or status filter. The Actor queries the official GLEIF index and emits one structured record per legal entity.

🔄 How fresh is the data?

GLEIF publishes daily updates from accredited Local Operating Units worldwide.

📊 How many fields per record?

22, including LEI, legal name, jurisdiction, both addresses, status, parent relationships, BIC, and renewal dates.

👨‍👦 Does it include parent companies?

Yes. When a parent relationship is filed, the parent LEI is exposed via parentLei.

⚖️ Is LEI data free to use?

Yes. GLEIF publishes records under a free, open license that explicitly permits commercial reuse with attribution.

🔁 Can I schedule recurring runs?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules to refresh your KYC database hourly, daily, or weekly.

🌍 What jurisdictions are covered?

200+. Every country with an accredited LOU contributes records, including all EU states, US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, India.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan?

No. The free plan covers small lookups (10 records). A paid plan unlocks higher item counts and scheduling.

🆘 What if a run fails?

Apify retries transient errors. Inspect logs in the Runs tab; partial datasets are preserved.

🔄 What about lapsed or retired LEIs?

Set registrationStatus to LAPSED, RETIRED, MERGED, or TRANSFERRED to access historical records.

🔌 Integrate with any app

GLEIF LEI Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more reference-data scrapers.

🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report an issue.

⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) or any LEI issuing organization. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open data is collected.