# Company Search

Companies House

Search official UK Companies House records by company name and return identity matches with company numbers and status.

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**Job:** [Search UK company records](https://scrollport.com/tools/companies-house-api)

**Current price:** $0.0050/request

**Availability:** Ready to run

## Tool details

**About this tool**

Search the official Companies House public register by company name and return at most 50 normalized matches with company number, name, status, type, incorporation or dissolution dates and canonical register links. The contract omits officers, persons with significant control, charges, insolvency detail, addresses and filing authority.

**Inputs and outputs**

### Input

`limit` integer · optional

Value supplied for limit.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 50

`query` string · required

Search terms used to find relevant records.

minLength: 2 · maxLength: 200

`start_index` integer · optional

Value supplied for start index.

minimum: 0 · maximum: 5000

### Output

`captured_at` string

Returned captured at value.

`items` array

Returned items value.

`omitted_items` number

Returned omitted items value.

`start_index` number

Returned start index value.

`total_results` number

Returned total results value.

**Example request and output**

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

### Request

```
{
  "tool_id": "companies-house.company-search",
  "input": {
    "limit": 5,
    "query": "OpenAI"
  }
}
```

### Output

```
{
  "items": [
    {
      "name": "OPENAI UK LTD",
      "status": "active",
      "source_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14367667",
      "company_type": "ltd",
      "company_number": "14367667",
      "dissolution_date": null,
      "incorporation_date": "2022-09-21"
    }
  ],
  "captured_at": "2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "start_index": 0,
  "omitted_items": 0,
  "total_results": 1
}
```

**Errors and limitations**

- `invalid_input`: query, limit or start_index was outside the bounded Companies House search contract.example: {"query":"OpenAI","limit":5}

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Canonical page: https://scrollport.com/tools/providers/companies-house/company-search