Company Legal Form

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Get the complete list of all legal forms of Italian companies in real time and free of charge

The service allows you to get specific information on the legal form of a company, via API and in real time.

Esempio Company Legal Form

Legal Forms is a service of the API Company and allows access to the full list of legal forms of Italian companies or from the legal form code (e.g. SP) to obtain the full description (Società per Azioni).

The Legal Forms service has two endpoints:

1) Legal Form GET/IT-legalforms

With Forma Giuridica (/IT-legalforms) you get the list and code of all legal forms of business (i.e. the organisational, administrative, fiscal and accounting model with which a business is conducted, according to the rules of the Civil Code). In Italy there are different forms, to which specific legal codes correspond. Here are some examples:

  • Public Limited Company (SP)
  • Foundation (FO)
  • Limited Liability Company (SR)
  • Credit Institution (CI)

Enterprises Legal Form is identified by the endpoint: GET https://company.openapi.com/IT-legalforms

The response is in real time.

EXAMPLE REQUEST GET /IT-legalforms

This is an example of a request

https://company.openapi.com/IT-legalforms


EXAMPLE RESPONSE GET /IT-legalforms

The response provides the complete list of acronyms and legal forms:

  • "code": this is an abbreviation, e.g. AA, AN, EI
  • "description": indicates the value of the acronym, so e.g. AA stands for SOCIETY IN ACCOMMANDATION FOR ACTIONS, AN for CONSORTIUM COMPANY IN COLLECTIVE NAME, etc.
{
  "data": [
    {
      "code": "AA",
      "description": "SOCIETA' IN ACCOMANDITA PER AZIONI"
    },
    {
      "code": "AN",
      "description": "SOCIETA' CONSORTILE IN NOME COLLETTIVO"
    },
    {
      "code": "EI",
      "description": "ENTE IMPRESA"
    },
    {
      "code": "RR",
      "description": "SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA A CAPITALE RIDOTTO"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "message": "",
  "error": null
}

 

The response list is only an example and is not complete.

2) Legal Form Code GET /IT-legalforms/{code} 

The Legal Form Code service provides information on the legal form of a company. This data is made available from the Legal Form Code parameter, which is provided via API and in real time.

Company Legal Form Code is identified by the endpoint: GET https://company.openapi.com//IT-legalforms/{code}

The response is in real time.

EXAMPLE REQUEST GET /IT-legalforms/{code}

The call can be made by entering 'code' as a starting parameter (e.g. SP).

https://company.openapi.com/IT-legalforms/SP


EXAMPLE RESPONSE 
GET /IT-legalforms/{code}

The response provides details on:

  • "code": this is an abbreviation, e.g. SP
  • "description": indicates the value of the acronym, so e.g. SP stands for CORPORATION FOR SHARES
{
  "data": [
    {
      "code": "SP",
      "decription": "SOCIETA' PER AZIONI"
    },
  "success": true,
  "message": "",
  "error": null
}

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