`search_companies`

Pack: open-corporates · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-corporates/mcp

Search global company registries by name. Returns company name, jurisdiction, status, type, incorporation date, and registered address. Covers 140+ jurisdictions worldwide. Example: search_companies(“Tesla”, country=“us”)

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Company name to search (e.g., “Acme Corp”)
`country`	string	no	ISO 2-letter country code (e.g., “us”, “gb”, “de”)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "Tesla",
  "country": "us"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-corporates/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_companies","arguments":{"query":"Tesla","country":"us"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_companies', {
  "query": "Tesla",
  "country": "us"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "Acme Corp"
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, total, returned, companies

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	The search query used
`total`	number	Total number of matching companies
`returned`	number	Number of companies returned in this response
`companies`	array	List of matching companies

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search query used"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of matching companies"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of companies returned in this response"
    },
    "companies": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of matching companies",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Company name"
          },
          "company_number": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Company registration number"
          },
          "jurisdiction": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Jurisdiction code"
          },
          "status": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Current company status"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Company type"
          },
          "incorporation_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Date of incorporation"
          },
          "dissolution_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Date of dissolution if applicable"
          },
          "registered_address": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Full registered address"
          },
          "agent_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Registered agent name"
          },
          "registry_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "URL to official registry"
          },
          "opencorporates_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "OpenCorporates profile URL"
          },
          "industry_codes": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Industry classification codes",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "code": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Industry code"
                },
                "description": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Industry description"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "previous_names": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Previous company names",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "branch_status": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Branch status if applicable"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "returned",
    "companies"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-corporates": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-corporates/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_companies