The "Search Company Legal Form" service consists of two endpoints:

1) Legal Form GET /forma_giuridica

With the "Search Company 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)

The "Search Company 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.

The "Search Company 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
}

Other Endpoints of the Search Company Service

The Search Company service allows through other endpoints to obtain individual information already present in the Search Company Basic and Advance:

• Search Company Active/Closed to check the status of a company
• Search Company Advance (Company List) to obtain a list of enterprises based on a number of parameters such as ATECO code, turnover, CCIAA, employees
• Search Company Advance VAT Number to have detailed information on a company
• Search Company Autocomplete to have a list of company names from a query
• Search Company Basic to get specific information about Italian companies
• Search Company CEM to obtain the CEM of a company
• Search Company Shareholders to obtain the list of partners of a company
• Search Company VAT Group to find out if the company belongs to a VAT Group
• Search Company Updates to get a list of all company ids for which changes have been registered