Europe • ISO IT
Verify Italy companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Italy companies live from the Italian Business Register, 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 Italy
When you create a KYB case for a Italy company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Italian Business Register. 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.
Italy data and document availability
What the API makes available for Italy companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Registration Number, Entity Status, Address, Creation Date, Other identifiers |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Birth Date (if individual), Role, Nationality, Appointed on |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Nationality, Share count, Role |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract Available on demand: Visura ordinaria (Ordinary certificate), Visura Storica (Historical search), Fascicolo Storico (Historical File), Ultimo Bilancio (Latest Budget), Balance sheets |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Italy as part of the same case.
How to verify a Italy company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Italy 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 Italy registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Italy National Bank","codeiso31662":"IT"}'
# 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":"Italy National Bank","codeiso31662":"IT"}'
# 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 Italy KYB API
What company data can I verify in Italy?
For a Italy company, the API returns the company record read live from the Italian Business Register: 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 Italy availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Italy companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Italy 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 Italian Business Register discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Italy companies?
Yes. The default document set for Italy includes Registry Extract, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Visura ordinaria (Ordinary certificate), Visura Storica (Historical search), Fascicolo Storico (Historical File), Ultimo Bilancio (Latest Budget), Balance sheets). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Italy 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 Italy. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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