Verify Businesses in Zambia

Look up Zambian companies by name or registration number. Get official business details for KYB and onboarding.

Request

[GET]

{{baseURL}}/api/v1/zm/kyb/business

Header

Header	Type	Description
AppId	string	Create an app to get your app ID on dashboard here
Authorization	string	Private/secret key. Use <key> not Bearer <key>

Query parameter

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
entity_number	string	Business Number	required
entity_name	string	Business Name	required

Sample response

Response

{
    "entity": {
        "entity_name": "JOHN DOE INDUSTRIES LIMITED",
        "entity_type": "Local Company - Limited by Shares",
        "registration_number": "123456789091",
        "registration_date": "01/01/2021",
        "status": "Active",
        "nature_of_business": "Restaurants and mobile food service activities",
        "isic_classification": "5610. Restaurants and mobile food service activities",
        "isic_description": "Restaurants and mobile food service activities. This class includes the provision of food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them out or have them delivered. This includes the preparation and serving of meals for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles or non-motorized carts.\r\n\r\nThis class includes activities of:\r\n- restaurants\r\n- cafeterias\r\n- fast-food restaurants\r\n- pizza delivery\r\n- take-out eating places\r\n- ice cream truck vendors\r\n- mobile food carts\r\n- food preparation in market stalls\r\n\r\nThis class also includes:\r\n- restaurant and bar activities connected to transportation, when carried out by separate units"
    }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
entity	object	Contains the business verification response data
entity.entity_name	string	Registered name of the business
entity.entity_type	string	Type of business entity (e.g., Local Company - Limited by Shares)
entity.registration_number	string	Business registration number
entity.registration_date	string	Date of business registration in DD/MM/YYYY format
entity.status	string	Current status of the business (e.g., Active)
entity.nature_of_business	string	Primary business activity description
entity.isic_classification	string	ISIC industry classification code and label
entity.isic_description	string	Detailed description of the ISIC classification