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GLEIF LEI Golden Copy and API

The Global LEI Index covers legal entities issued an LEI worldwide and retains all LEIs ever published in a Golden Copy. GLEIF publishes Golden Copy files three times daily at 02:00, 10:00 and 18:00 UTC, with 8-hour, 24-hour, 7-day and 31-day delta files; the API is based on the Golden Copy.

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Signal Scoredraft model
96
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
CC0-1.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage
16

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Free API and Golden Copy or delta-file access without a key. API search is rate-limited to 60 requests per minute per user.
Rate limits
60 requests per minute per user
Licence
CC0-1.0terms
Licence note
GLEIF provides the Access Service free and releases LEIs and Legal Entity Reference Data under CC0 1.0. GLEIF reserves the right to suspend or modify the service and disclaims data accuracy and currency.
Attribution
No attribution requirement recorded.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-golden-copy
  2. 02www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-api
  3. 03api.gleif.org/docs
  4. 04www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use
  5. 05api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?page%5Bsize%5D=3&filter%5Bentity.legalAddress.country%5D=CA

// Good for

osintcompany-datahistorical-datarisk

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "gleif-lei"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "GLEIF LEI Golden Copy and API",
  "slug": "gleif-lei",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "60 requests per minute per user",
  "license": "CC0-1.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-golden-copy",
    "https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-api",
    "https://api.gleif.org/docs",
    "https://www.gleif.org/en/meta/lei-data-terms-of-use",
    "https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?page%5Bsize%5D=3&filter%5Bentity.legalAddress.country%5D=CA"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "company-data",
    "historical-data",
    "risk"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-golden-copy"
}

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