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Verify Croatia companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Croatia companies live from the Sudski registar, 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 Croatia
When you create a KYB case for a Croatia company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Sudski registar. 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.
Croatia data and document availability
What the API makes available for Croatia companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Other Identifiers, Other Names, Share Capital, Activity Type |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Address, Role, Other Identifiers |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Address, Registration number (if entity), Role, Share count, Other Identifiers |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract, Historical Registry Extract Available on demand: Zaprimljeno rješenje (Received solution), Obavijest o elektroničkom upisu (Electronic enrollment notice), Rješenje o upisu (Decision on enrollment), Prilog uz rješenje o upisu (Attachment to the decision on enrollment), Oglas (advertisement), Financijska izvješća (Financial reports) |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Croatia as part of the same case.
How to verify a Croatia company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Croatia 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 Croatia registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Croatia National Bank","codeiso31662":"HR"}'
# 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":"Croatia National Bank","codeiso31662":"HR"}'
# 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 Croatia KYB API
What company data can I verify in Croatia?
For a Croatia company, the API returns the company record read live from the Sudski registar: 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 Croatia availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Croatia companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Croatia 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 Sudski registar discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Croatia companies?
Yes. The default document set for Croatia includes Registry Extract, Historical Registry Extract, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Zaprimljeno rješenje (Received solution), Obavijest o elektroničkom upisu (Electronic enrollment notice), Rješenje o upisu (Decision on enrollment), Prilog uz rješenje o upisu (Attachment to the decision on enrollment), Oglas (advertisement), Financijska izvješća (Financial reports)). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Croatia 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 Croatia. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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