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Verify Laos companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Laos companies live from the National Enterprise Database, returning company data, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Laos
When you create a KYB case for a Laos company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the National Enterprise Database. 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.
Laos data and document availability
What the API makes available for Laos companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Registration Number, Entity Status, Address, Registration Date, Other Names |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Not available |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Not available |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract Available on demand: None beyond the default set |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Laos as part of the same case.
How to verify a Laos company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Laos 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 Laos registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Laos National Bank","codeiso31662":"LA"}'
# 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":"Laos National Bank","codeiso31662":"LA"}'
# 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 Laos KYB API
What company data can I verify in Laos?
For a Laos company, the API returns the company record read live from the National Enterprise Database: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Laos availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Laos companies?
For Laos, the National Enterprise Database does not publish shareholder or beneficial-owner data, so the API returns the company record and the controlling parties and officers rather than a shareholder or beneficial-owner list. Where you need ownership for an entity in a jurisdiction that does publish it, the recursive org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart) resolves it. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Laos companies?
Yes. The default document set for Laos includes Registry Extract, retrieved by default. List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Laos 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 Laos. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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