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title: "About"
description: "What companyregistryapi.com is, where its company data comes from, what it stores about visitors and how the free API may be used."
url: "https://companyregistryapi.com/about"
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# A small front door to official company data.

> companyregistryapi.com is a lightweight lookup website and free API built on Coragrid, source-linked company data infrastructure. It exists so anyone can find a company and read what the register says about it without an account.

## Where the data comes from

Every record is retrieved live from the [Coragrid](https://coragrid.com) public API. Coragrid collects company facts from official company registers, keeps the observation time and source of each fact, and assigns every company a permanent ID that stays valid through renames, mergers and splits. This site does not add, correct or infer facts: what you see is what the register published, or an explicit statement that a value is unknown, restricted or no longer current.

Coverage depends on which registers Coragrid has connected and qualified. A company that is missing here is not evidence that it does not exist. For legally binding information consult the register of the company's home country.

## What the site stores about you

- The browser search form is protected by Cloudflare Turnstile. When you pass the check, the site sets one signed, HTTP-only cookie named `cra_human` so you are not asked again for a short while. It contains only an expiry time.
- When you answer the cookie notice, the site sets one cookie named `cra_consent` holding `granted` or `denied` for 180 days, so you are not asked on every visit. It is used for nothing else.
- When you write in the chat, the site sets one cookie named `cra_chat` holding a random conversation number, so you can read the answers. Your messages, the page you wrote each on and the email address you leave, if any, are emailed to Peetu and Mikke at Coragrid, who answer by replying to that email. If you leave an address, our answers are emailed to it too, and replying to them continues the conversation. Chat email is sent through Amazon SES and replies arrive through Cloudflare Email Routing; our own mailboxes are on Google Workspace. The conversation and the cookie last 30 days after you last write in the chat or leave your address; our answers do not extend them, and replying to our emails keeps the conversation going by email. While it lasts, your browser also keeps two notes in its local storage, which answers you have seen and whether you were asked for an address; they are removed once the conversation has ended.
- Every page loads Google Tag Manager, which runs Google Analytics 4 in Google's Consent Mode. Until you accept, Google Analytics sets no cookies and receives only cookieless measurements of page views, searches and the links you follow, such as the page address, the search term, the time and your browser, with no identifier that links one visit to the next. After you accept, it sets its `_ga` cookies to recognise returning visits; choosing necessary cookies only removes them. Advertising storage, ad personalisation and ad data stay off either way.
- Requests are rate limited per client address to keep the service available. Addresses are held in memory for that purpose only and are not written to a database.

The [Privacy Policy](https://companyregistryapi.com/privacy-policy.md) describes in full what we collect, why, and your rights.

## Free API terms

The [JSON API](https://companyregistryapi.com/api.md) is free and needs no key. Use it fairly: respect the per-client rate limit and the `Retry-After` header, cache what you can, and state that company data is powered by Coragrid where you show it. The service is provided as is, without warranty, and may change or be withdrawn.

The [Terms of Service](https://companyregistryapi.com/terms-of-service.md) govern the website and the API in full.

## Contact

For data questions, corrections at the source or commercial access to the full Coragrid API, contact us at [contact@companyregistryapi.com](mailto:contact@companyregistryapi.com).

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*This is a markdown version of [https://companyregistryapi.com/about](https://companyregistryapi.com/about) for AI/LLM consumption.*