Business Registration
Required Input
Input
Value
country
NG
id_type
BUSINESS_REGISTRATION
id_number
Business registration number (numbers only without the 2 letter suffix) e.g. RC 0000000 should be submitted as 0000000
business_type
The incorporation type of the business. Can be any of the following items:
bn - for business name registration
co - for private or public limited companies
it - for incorporated trustees
Response fields
Response Field
Value Returned
Company Information.Company Type
Yes
Company Information.Country
Yes
Company Information.Address
Yes
Company Information.Registration Number
Yes
Company Information.Search Number
Yes
Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital
Yes
Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital Breakdown.Nominal Value
No
Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital Breakdown.Type
No
Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital Breakdown.Number Of Shares
No
Company Information.Industry
No
Company Information.Tax Id
No
Company Information.Registration Date
Yes
Company Information.Phone
No
Company Information.Legal Name
Yes
Company Information.State
Yes
Company Information.Email
Yes
Company Information.Status
Yes
Directors.Shareholdings
Yes
Directors.Shareholding Breakdown.Type
No
Directors.Shareholding Breakdown.Number Of Shares
No
Directors.Id Number
Yes
Directors.Address
Yes
Directors.Occupation
Yes
Directors.Gender
Yes
Directors.Nationality
Yes
Directors.Date Of Birth
Yes
Directors.Name
Yes
Directors.Id Type
Yes
Directors.Phone Number
Yes
Proprietors.Id Number
Yes
Proprietors.Address
Yes
Proprietors.Occupation
Yes
Proprietors.Gender
Yes
Proprietors.Nationality
Yes
Proprietors.Date Of Birth
Yes
Proprietors.Name
Yes
Proprietors.Id Type
Yes
Proprietors.Phone Number
Yes
Beneficial Owners.Shareholdings
Yes
Beneficial Owners.Shareholding Breakdown.Type
No
Beneficial Owners.Shareholding Breakdown.Number Of Shares
No
Beneficial Owners.Address
Yes
Beneficial Owners.Gender
Yes (if applicable)
Beneficial Owners.Nationality
Yes
Beneficial Owners.Registration Number
Yes (if applicable)
Beneficial Owners.Name
Yes
Beneficial Owners.Shareholder Type
Yes
Beneficial Owners.Phone Number
Yes (if available)
Fiduciaries.Name
Yes
Fiduciaries.Fiduciary Type
Yes
Fiduciaries.Address
Yes
Fiduciaries.Registration Number
Yes (if applicable)
Fiduciaries.Status
No
Documents.Search Certificate
Yes
All fields are returned as string
ID Number Regular Expression (Regex)
To limit the probability of your user mistyping the id number, we advise that you enforce the format of the id number field in your app. You can use the regex below:
/^0{7}$|^(?![0]+$)[A-Z0-9]{1,8}$/i
Supported Products
Sample ID Numbers
To test Nigerian business registration in our Sandbox, we provide you with 4 different id numbers to mirror various scenarios you can experience with real IDs in production.
Always send co as the business_type in sandbox.
0000000
Success with business information returned
1012
0000001
Failure, no record found
1013
0000002
Error: Invalid ID number format
2413
0000003
Database unavailable
1015
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