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Full detail: Where this data comes from

Companies House is the UK government executive agency responsible for incorporating and dissolving limited companies and registering company information in Great Britain. The Companies House REST API provides a free, open, and standardised way for developers to search and retrieve company registration data, including company profiles, officer appointments, persons of significant control, filing history, charges, and insolvency records. A real-time Streaming API is also available, delivering changes to Companies House data as they happen. All access is provided free of charge and requires only an API key obtained from the Companies House Developer Hub. Authentication uses HTTP Basic Auth with the API key as the username.

APIs.json: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/companies-house/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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Tags

  • Companies
  • UK Government
  • Business Registration
  • Company Search
  • Officers
  • Filing History
  • Insolvency
  • Charges
  • Persons of Significant Control
  • Open Data

APIs

API Description
Companies House Public Data API Read access to all publicly available UK company data including profiles, officers, filing history, charges, insolvency, and PSC information
Companies House Streaming API Real-time streaming of Companies House data changes via long-running HTTP connections across nine data categories

Plans, Rate Limits, and FinOps

Resource File
Plans and Pricing plans/companies-house-plans-pricing.yml
Rate Limits rate-limits/companies-house-rate-limits.yml
FinOps finops/companies-house-finops.yml

Pricing: Free — no charges for API access. A single free tier with 600 requests per 5-minute window is available to all registered developers. Higher limits available by contacting Companies House directly.

Rate Limits:

  • Public Data API: 600 requests per 5-minute window per API key (HTTP 429 on breach)
  • Streaming API: 2 concurrent connections per account

Timestamps

  • Created: 2026-06-12
  • Modified: 2026-06-12

Common

Type URL
Website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house
Documentation https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/overview
GitHub Org https://github.com/companieshouse
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/companies-house
Blog https://companieshouse.blog.gov.uk
Pricing https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/overview
Status Page https://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/c/api-changes/7
X https://x.com/CompaniesHouse
Forum https://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk
Authentication https://developer-specs.company-information.service.gov.uk/guides/authorisation

Maintainers

Name Email
Kin Lane kin@apievangelist.com

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Companies House is the UK government executive agency and trading fund responsible for incorporating and dissolving limited companies and registering company information in Great Britain.

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