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Verify Austria companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Austria companies live from the COMPASS HF Data, returning company data, controlling parties, shareholders and beneficial owners, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Austria
When you create a KYB case for a Austria company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the COMPASS HF Data. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
Austria data and document availability
What the API makes available for Austria companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Share Capital, Activity Type |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Address, Registration number (if entity), Birth Date, Role, Appointed On |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Address, Registration number (if entity), Birth Date, Role, Share count |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract Available on demand: Jahresabschluss (annual accounts), Aktuelle Fassung (Current version), Gesellschaftsvertrag (social contract), Musterzeichnung (pattern drawing), Protokoll d. Generalversammlung (log d. general assembly), Beschluss d. Gesellschafter (decision d. shareholder), Nachtrag zum Gesellschaftsvertrag (Addendum to the Articles of Association), Antrag (application) |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Austria as part of the same case.
How to verify a Austria company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Austria registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the Austria registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Austria National Bank","codeiso31662":"AT"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"Austria National Bank","codeiso31662":"AT"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the Austria KYB API
What company data can I verify in Austria?
For a Austria company, the API returns the company record read live from the COMPASS HF Data: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Austria availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Austria companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Austria companies and exposes them as a recursive ownership org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart), tracing control through holding companies to the individual beneficial owners. The depth available depends on what the COMPASS HF Data discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Austria companies?
Yes. The default document set for Austria includes Registry Extract, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Jahresabschluss (annual accounts), Aktuelle Fassung (Current version), Gesellschaftsvertrag (social contract), Musterzeichnung (pattern drawing), Protokoll d. Generalversammlung (log d. general assembly), Beschluss d. Gesellschafter (decision d. shareholder), and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Austria company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including Austria. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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