Enterprises Legal Form service consists of two endpoints:

1) Legal Form GET /forma_giuridica

With Enterprises Legal Form service you obtain the list and code of all company legal forms. It then indicates whether the form of the company (i.e. the organisational, administrative, fiscal and accounting model with which a company is conducted, according to the rules of the Civil Code). Various forms are possible, to which specific legal codes correspond. For example:

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

Enterprises Legal Form is identified by the endpoint: GET https://imprese.openapi.it/forma_giuridica

The response is in real time.

EXAMPLE REQUEST GET /forma_giuridica

This is an example of a request

https://imprese.openapi.it/forma_giuridica

EXAMPLE RESPONSE GET /forma_giuridica

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

• "legal nature code": this is an abbreviation, e.g. AA, AN, EI
• "value": 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": [
    {
      "codice_natura_giuridica": "AA",
      "valore": "SOCIETA' IN ACCOMANDITA PER AZIONI"
    },
    {
      "codice_natura_giuridica": "AN",
      "valore": "SOCIETA' CONSORTILE IN NOME COLLETTIVO"
    },
    {
      "codice_natura_giuridica": "EI",
      "valore": "ENTE IMPRESA"
    },
    {
      "codice_natura_giuridica": "RR",
      "valore": "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 Nature Code GET /forma_giuridica/{codice_natura_giuridica} 

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

Enterprises Legal Nature Code is identified by the endpoint: GET https://imprese.openapi.it/forma_giuridica/{codice_natura_giuridica}

The response is in real time.

EXAMPLE REQUEST GET /forma_giuridica/{codice_natura_giuridica}

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

https://imprese.openapi.it/forma_giuridica/SP

EXAMPLE RESPONSE GET /forma_giuridica/{codice_natura_giuridica}

The response provides details on:

• "legal nature code": this is an abbreviation, e.g. SP
• "value": indicates the value of the acronym, so e.g. SP stands for CORPORATION FOR SHARES, etc.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "codice_natura_giuridica": "SP",
      "valore": "SOCIETA' PER AZIONI"
    },
  "success": true,
  "message": "",
  "error": null
}

All endpoints of the Enterprises API

The Enterprises API provides access, depending on the endpoint used, from single company information, such as legal address and certified email, to more comprehensive datasets such as those in Enterprises Basic or Advance:

• Enterprises Advance (List) to have a list of enterprises based on a number of parameters such as ateco code, turnover, CCIAA, employees
• Enterprises Advance VAT Number to get detailed information on companies such as turnover, profits, employee pec, registered capital, status with Internal Revenue Service, shareholders
• Autocomplete (Enterprises) To get a list of company names from a query (one or more words)
• Enterprises Basic to obtain basic information about Italian companies such as company name, registered office, recipient code, and activity statuses
• Enterprises Closed to check the status of an enterprise with the Internal Revenue Service
• SdI Code to obtain an enterprise's Recipient Code
• Enterprises VAT Group to check whether an enterprise belongs to VAT Group
• Enterprises CEM to discover an enterprise's certified email (CEM / PEC)
• List of Shareholders to obtain the list of partners of a firm
• Enterprises Updates to get a list of all company ids for which changes have been recorded