Company register API returns 404 Not Found error

[ioana]

Hello,

I’m trying to use the Companies House API to fetch the company registers information, but I’m consistently getting a 404 Not Found error for any existing company I test with.

Here’s the API I’m using: GET https://api.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/{company_number}/registers

Other endpoints like /company/{company_number} or /company/{company_number}/officers work fine, so my authentication seems to be correct.

Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a specific type of account / access level you need to have to get the register?

Thanks!

[voracityemail]

This thread may be of interest:

Papmamter 'register_view' = true

If you check the http response code you get back, you will likely be getting a 404 (not found), is that true? In fact you’ll get this for almost all companies (note 1). Most companies don’t have their registers held by Companies House, so this response is “correct” e.g. there are none found. So you should either expect this (most of the time) and trap it, or you could call the Company Registers end point first. If there are registers held in public this will provide more information - includ…

More information on what registers are, where they are required to be kept, how they can then be accessed, and the implications on what data is available in different circumstances can be found e.g. by Googling (and probably by searching this forum).