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Company Name to CIN API

Find a company's Corporate Identity Number and registration status by searching its name in the MCA registry.

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Overview

What the Company Name to CIN API does

Company Name to CIN searches the Ministry of Corporate Affairs registry by company name and returns the matching CIN along with the company's current status.

Customers rarely know their CIN, but they always know their company name. Starting from the name gets you to the identifier that unlocks every other registry lookup.

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Use cases

Where teams use the Company Name to CIN API

  • Resolving a CIN when only the company name is known

  • Checking whether a claimed company exists on the registry

  • Starting corporate due diligence from a business name

  • Detecting similarly named entities before onboarding

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  • One API key for every check
  • Verified against official Indian records
  • Built for onboarding at scale