ACRA Corporate Entity Information
Governmentby ACRA via data.gov.sg
Registered entity records from ACRA (UEN, entity name, type, status, registration date, registered address) published as open datasets, split alphabetically. Enables free UEN and company-name lookups.
How to authenticate
- 1No key needed.
- 2Datasets are split by entity-name first character; find each resource id in the ACRA Information on Corporate Entities collection on data.gov.sg.
- 3Query datastore_search with q or filters (e.g. filters={"uen":"..."}).
Example request
curl 'https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=d_3a3807c023c61ddfba947dc069eb53f2&q=BIG+BOX&limit=1'Example response
{"success":true,"result":{"fields":[{"id":"uen"},{"id":"entity_name"},{"id":"entity_status_description"},{"id":"registration_incorporation_date"}],"records":[...]}}Notes for AI agents
This is periodic open data, not the live ACRA register; for authoritative live data BizFile APIs exist on api.gov.sg APEX but are restricted to approved partners. To look up an arbitrary company you must pick the right alphabetical resource id first.
Machine-readable version: /api/apis/acra-corporate-entities
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