Company check

Understand the requirements for the business entity verification.

The company verification only applies to account holders where the legalEntity is Business.

The required information about the company associated with the account holder should be provided via the /createAccountHolder and /updateAccountHolder calls.

Required fields

The following fields needs to be provided in the AccountHolderDetails object to get the DATA_PROVIDED status for the Company check.

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( * ) For more information on what you need to provide, see Providing a business registration number below.

When collecting information from a sub-merchant, it's important to follow these additional requirements:

Sub-merchants cannot provide PO Boxes for addresses.

Providing a business registration number

Specify the local registration number of the business in businessDetails.registrationNumber. Use the following table to identify which registration number is required:

Country	Registration number	Example
Austria	Firmenbuchnummer	FN123456m
Belgium	Company Number/Numéro d'entreprise	1234567890
Czech Republic	IČO	123 45 678
Finland	Y-TUNNUS	1234567-8
France	SIRET number	542051180-00066
Germany	Handelsregisternummer	HRB 100484
Ireland	Company Number	123456
Italy	Codice fiscale	00470400011
Netherlands	Kamer van Koophandel (KvK)	34179503
Poland	Numer KRS	0000123456
Portugal	NIPC	123456789
Spain	Número de Identificación Fiscal (NIF)	A39000013
Switzerland	UID/IDE/IDI	CHE123456789
United Kingdom	Company Number	04366849
United States	Employer Identification Number (EIN)	1010002749

Verification statuses

The following statuses can be returned for the Company check:

Status	Description	Action to take
AWAITING_DATA	There is still data missing to perform the verification.	Provide the missing data.
DATA_PROVIDED	All the required data has been provided, but the verification has not started since it is not required.	None.
PENDING	Verification is being executed.	Wait for an ACCOUNT_HOLDER_VERIFICATION notification with a new status.
INVALID_DATA	Adyen can not verify the account holder with the provided data.	Request the sub-merchant to resupply their information.
PASSED	The verification has been passed successfully.	None. This state is final.
FAILED	Adyen has verified the information, but has found reasons to refuse working with this entity.	If you think this state was reached in error, reach out to Support Team.

Company check

Required fields

Providing a business registration number

Verification statuses

See also