Understanding Business Data

Understanding Enriched CustomAttributes of Business

This section includes all the enriched custom attributes returned by Business Validation PDP's.

Please note that Custom attributes are available exclusively for successful business validation matches. In cases where there is no match or ambiguity, only the business_ver_code will be shown.

business_name

Main/Legal name of the business entity.

business_ver_code

Reliability indicator of validated business.

business_country

Country ISO2 code. (e.g. AU/NZ)

businsess_bn

Business number of the entity.

business_postcode

Postcode of the business entity.

business_state

State of the business entity.

business_name_entity_type

Type of the name of the entity. MN → Main Entity Name; LGL → legal Entity Name.

business_other_entities

One business can have a list of other business entities like other trading name, other business names etc.

• entity_name: The name of the business entity.

• entity_type: Denotes the type of entity, categorized as follows: TRD for trading name, BN for business name, OTN for other name, and DGR for DGR name."

business_last_updated_date

The last updated date.

business_bn_status

Status of the business number. ACT -> Active, CAN -> Cancelled.

business_bn_status_from_date

Date of the business number from

business_entity_type_ind

Indicator of the entity type with description the business_entity_type_text field.

business_entity_type_text

Description for the business_entity_type_ind value.

business_tax_status

The status of the GST. ACT -> Active, CAN -> Cancelled, NON -> None.

business_tax_status_from_date

The date for the business_tax_status value. If business_tax_status is NON, date value is 19000101.

Below are some response attributes that are specific to New_Zealand Business Validation. User can see these from samples detailed in Sample Request and Response for New_Zealand.

business_registration_date

business_detailed_bn_status

business_month_in_business

business_shareholding

CustomAttributes for Australian Business

"customAttributes":
{
  "business_name": "ANDREA CONE",
  "business_tax_status_from_date": "19000101",
  "business_display_name": "ANDREA CONE Trading As Andrea Cone Farran",
  "business_ver_code": "TradingName_1_0.5",
  "business_name_entity_type": "LGL",
  "business_bn": "61280082595",
  "business_entity_type_ind": "IND",
  "business_postcode": "3004",
  "business_bn_status_from_date": "20080909",
  "business_entity_type_text": "Individual/Sole Trader",
  "business_country": "au",
  "business_month_in_business": "184",
  "business_last_updated_date": "20100510",
  "business_other_entities": "[{\"entity_name\":\"Andrea Cone Farran\",\"entity_type\":\"TRD\"}]",
  "business_bn_status": "ACT",
  "business_tax_status": "NON",
  "business_state": "VIC"
}

CustomAttributes for New_Zealand Business

"customAttributes":
{
  "business_name": "R & L PILGRIM LIMITED",
  "business_display_name": "R & L PILGRIM LIMITED Trading As The Pin Tin",
  "business_ver_code": "TradingName_1_1.0",
  "business_bn_start_date": "2014-03-03T17:06:31",
  "business_name_entity_type": "MN",
  "business_cn_type": "LTD",
  "business_bn": "9429041121481",
  "business_cn": "4979800",
  "business_entity_type_ind": "LTD",
  "business_postcode": "7930",
  "business_shareholding": "[{\"numberOfShares\":\"1000\",\"shareAllocation\":[{\"allocation\":\"500\",\"shareholder\":[{\"appointmentDate\":\"2014-03-03T17:06:31\",\"individualShareholder\":[{\"firstName\":\"Reon\",\"fullName\":\"Reon David PILGRIM\",\"lastName\":\"PILGRIM\",\"middleNames\":\"David\"}],\"otherShareholder\":[],\"shareholderAddress\":[],\"type\":\"director\"}]},{\"allocation\":\"500\",\"shareholder\":[{\"appointmentDate\":\"2016-01-12T08:46:57\",\"individualShareholder\":[{\"firstName\":\"Lisa\",\"fullName\":\"Lisa Dawn PILGRIM\",\"lastName\":\"PILGRIM\",\"middleNames\":\"Dawn\"}],\"otherShareholder\":[],\"shareholderAddress\":[],\"type\":\"individual\"}]}]}]",
  "business_bn_status_from_date": "2014-03-03T17:06:31",
  "business_registration_date": "2014-03-03T17:06:31",
  "business_detailed_bn_status": "50 (Registered)",
  "business_entity_type_text": "NZ Limited Company",
  "business_country": "nz",
  "business_month_in_business": "119",
  "business_last_updated_date": "2020-10-28T13:03:50",
  "business_other_entities": "[{\"entity_name\":\"The Pin Tin\",\"entity_type\":\"TRD\"}]",
  "business_bn_status": "ACT"
}