Search businesses
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}{
"items": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"legal_name": "<string>",
"trading_name": "<string>",
"legal_form": "<string>",
"business_address": {
"street": "<string>",
"house": "<string>",
"city": "<string>",
"postcode": "<string>",
"country": "<string>"
},
"business_identifiers": [
{
"type": "VAT_ID",
"value": "<string>",
"country": "<string>"
}
],
"incorporated_at": 123,
"website": "<string>"
}
],
"limit": 123,
"total": 123
}{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"error": "Request validation failed. 1 issue found.",
"issues": [
{
"code": "INVALID_TYPE",
"path": "body.registered_at",
"message": "Invalid type"
}
]
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED"
}Platform & Utilities
Search businesses
Search Tilta’s business registry by name, country, tax ID, or registration number to look up a business before onboarding them as a buyer or merchant.
GET
/
v1
/
businesses
/
search
Search businesses
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tilta.io/v1/businesses/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}{
"items": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"legal_name": "<string>",
"trading_name": "<string>",
"legal_form": "<string>",
"business_address": {
"street": "<string>",
"house": "<string>",
"city": "<string>",
"postcode": "<string>",
"country": "<string>"
},
"business_identifiers": [
{
"type": "VAT_ID",
"value": "<string>",
"country": "<string>"
}
],
"incorporated_at": 123,
"website": "<string>"
}
],
"limit": 123,
"total": 123
}{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"error": "Request validation failed. 1 issue found.",
"issues": [
{
"code": "INVALID_TYPE",
"path": "body.registered_at",
"message": "Invalid type"
}
]
}{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED"
}Before onboarding a company as a buyer or merchant, use this endpoint to look them up in Tilta’s business registry. A successful search lets you verify that the business exists, retrieve its official registration details, and pre-fill your onboarding form – reducing manual data entry errors and improving conversion. You can search by business name and country, or by unique identifiers such as a tax ID or commercial registration number. Providing identifiers typically yields more precise results than a name-only search.
Use the data returned by this endpoint to pre-populate the business registration fields in your buyer or merchant onboarding
form. This reduces friction for your users and lowers the chance of data-entry errors that could delay underwriting.
An empty
items array means no matching businesses were found in Tilta’s registry for the given country. The business may
still be onboardable – ask the buyer to enter their details manually. Not all registries are available in all countries.Authorizations
Your Tilta API key, sent as Bearer <key>.
Query Parameters
The number of records to be returned.
Example:
10
Type of search to perform
Available options:
identifier, name_address Two-letter country code
Required string length:
2Example:
"DE"
Type of business identifier (required for identifier search)
Available options:
VAT_ID, REGISTER_ID Value of business identifier (required for identifier search)
Business name (required for name_address search)
Street address (optional for name_address search)
City (optional for name_address search)
Postal code (optional for name_address search)