Germany

eKYB Prefill in Germany leverages Germany's source of truth to automatically retrieve and populate business information based on a company's commercial register number or VAT number, including the business name, registered address, entity type, registration status, directors, shareholders, and additional financial and corporate data, without requiring manual input from the user.

Source

Direct API approach

For general integration notes and shared response semantics, see the eKYB Prefill API Reference.

All module configurations and user data can be forwarded directly in the request for performing a Prefill lookup. This overrides existing configuration and data collected about the user.

Endpoint

POST /omni/externalVerification/ekyb-prefill

Request parameters

Tax ID formats

The taxId field accepts two German business identifier types. Routing between them is determined automatically by the format of the submitted value.

These formats do not overlap, so routing is unambiguous. Inputs that do not match either format return a 400 error.

Sample request

{
    "plugins": ["ekyb-prefill"],
    "source": "DE_KYB_PREFILL",
    "country": "DE",
    "taxId": "HRB 123456",
    "businessName": "SAGDO GmbH",
    "address": "Lindenstraße 24, 21465 Reinbek"
}

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Sample response

The Prefill response returns business data retrieved directly from the source of truth. Fields are returned as-is from the source. nameMatch and addressMatch are only present when businessName or address were submitted in the request. vatNo is only present when the VAT number is available on file for the company.

{
  "kyb-prefill": [
    {
      "tin": "HRB 123456",
      "vatNo": "DE123456789",
      "name": "SAGDO GmbH",
      "nameMatch": "Verified",
      "address": "Lindenstraße 24, 21465 Reinbek",
      "city": "Reinbek",
      "postalCode": "21465",
      "entityType": "Private limited company",
      "registrationStatus": "Active",
      "registrationDate": "2005-12-16T00:00:00Z",
      "creditRating": "A",
      "creditRatingDescription": "Very Low Risk",
      "industryDesc": "Manufacture of sports goods",
      "activityDesc": "Manufacture of sports goods",
      "turnover": "2 million - 5 million",
      "employeeCount": "3-5",
      "websites": ["sagdo.de"],
      "shareholders": [
        { "name": ": "Nordlicht Capital Investment GmbH", "percentSharesHeld": 100 }
      ],
      "ultimateParent": { "name": "BERGMANN BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH", "country": "DE" },
      "immediateParent": { "name": "BERGMANN BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH", "country": "DE" }
    }
  ]
}

Response fields

Name and address match values

Registration status values

Error responses

For standard HTTP response codes, see the API Error Response page. Germany Prefill returns the following country-specific 400 errors.

taxId is missing, empty, or does not match the HRB/HRA + digits or DE + 9 digits format:

{
    "timestamp": 1782851408892,
    "status": 400,
    "error": "Bad Request",
    "message": "taxId must be a valid German commercial register number (HRB/HRA followed by digits) or VAT number (DE followed by 9 digits)",
    "path": "/omni/externalVerification/ekyb-prefill"
}

Any mandatory field (plugins, source, country, or taxId) is missing:

{
    "timestamp": 1782851468367,
    "status": 400,
    "error": "Bad Request",
    "message": "must not be blank",
    "path": "/omni/externalVerification/ekyb-prefill"
}

No business match is found for the submitted taxId:

{
    "timestamp": 1782851583695,
    "status": 200,
    "message": "No business found matching the provided tax ID.",
    "path": "/omni/externalVerification/ekyb-prefill"
}

Single Session Dashboard results

Prefill results are available on the Business tab in Single Session view.