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Companies
GET/v1/search

Search companies endpoint

Use the Entylink search endpoint to resolve a UK company by name or registration number before continuing into the full company record.

When to use it

Practical implementation contexts

Autocomplete business onboarding forms

Resolve a company before pulling its registry record

Search internal tools by name or company number

Auth

Access model

Authentication

API key or dashboard session

Request
curl "https://api.entylink.com/v1/search?q=revolut&items_per_page=10" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer etl_live_••••••••a7f2"
Parameters
ParameterTypeDescription
qstringRequired company name or company number query
items_per_pageintegerMaximum result count, capped at 100
Response
Response exampleapplication/json
{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "company_number": "08804411",
        "company_name": "REVOLUT LTD",
        "company_status": "active"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "cached": true,
    "source": "companies_house"
  }
}
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Entylink is built for teams embedding UK company data, verification, and monitoring into products rather than manually browsing the register.