Italy

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Data Sources
Company Identifiers
Search Capabilities
Quirks & Gotchas
Mappings
Data Availability
Example API Responses

Data Sources

Italy uses two data sources that both access the Registro Imprese (Italian Business Register), the official economic registry managed by the Italian Chambers of Commerce. For a given entity, data comes from a single primary source — the system does not merge attributes across sources. It follows a deterministic priority chain and returns data from the first source that provides complete information.

Commercial companies

Registro Imprese — The official economic register managed by the Italian Chambers of Commerce. This is the primary source for comprehensive company data: company name, legal form, status, identifiers, registered address, share capital, ATECO activity codes, legal representatives, other key persons, shareholders, subsidiaries, establishments, and financial statements when available.
Fast profile source — Used for search operations and prefill profiles when a faster response is required. See Verification vs prefill mode for how to decide whether the fast response is sufficient for your use case.

Sole entrepreneurs

Sole proprietor records — For sole proprietorships (Impresa Individuale), query using the owner’s personal Codice Fiscale. The response contains business name, address, ATECO codes, and owner information when available.

Verification and prefill may use different source paths. Use the authoritative flag in dataStatus to decide whether to trigger a verification follow-up after prefill.

Data Source Priority & Routing

For a given company query, data comes from one source only (all-or-nothing model):

Official register data is used for verification-mode company, legal representative, other key person, shareholder, establishment, and subsidiary datapoints.
Fast-source data is used for prefill where available.
Sole proprietors must be queried with their personal Codice Fiscale.

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Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifier	Format	Example	Notes
Codice Fiscale (company)	11 digits, last is a control digit	`00484960588`	Universal fiscal identifier; for companies, typically identical to Partita IVA
Partita IVA (VAT number)	11 digits, last is a control digit	`00905811006`	Required for commercial activities; usually identical to Codice Fiscale for companies, but not always (ENI: Codice Fiscale `00484960588`, Partita IVA `00905811006`)
Codice Fiscale (individual)	16 alphanumeric, uppercase, ends in a check letter	`BRNLSN75H27B564E`	Personal tax code for sole proprietors; encodes name, birth date, and place
CCIAA + REA Code	2 letters + 1-7 digits	`TO1239673`	Provincial register identifier (CCIAA = Chamber province, REA = register number). Accepted by `/v2/search` only

Primary Identifier: The system uses Codice Fiscale as the company ID for all Italian entities. For companies (SRL, SPA, etc.), the 11-digit Codice Fiscale is typically identical to their Partita IVA. For sole proprietors, the 16-character personal Codice Fiscale must be used — they cannot be queried by their 11-digit VAT number.

/v2/company accepts the Codice Fiscale only. The id must be either an 11-digit Codice Fiscale with a valid control digit (00484960588, optionally written IT00484960588), or a 16-character personal Codice Fiscale for a sole proprietor. Whitespace, dots and hyphens around an 11-digit number are accepted and stripped, and the value is stored and echoed back in its bare, uppercase form.Anything else is rejected immediately with 400 invalid_request, before any register lookup, and is not billed. That includes a REA or CCIAA + REA code (RM-1734032), a sole proprietor’s Partita IVA, and an 11-digit number whose control digit does not check out. Pass these to /v2/search instead: it resolves them to the Codice Fiscale to use here.

Identifiers in API Response

Identifier	Key	Always Present	Example
Partita IVA	`VAT`	When available	`00905811006`
Codice Fiscale	`codiceFiscale`	Yes	`00484960588` or `BRNLSN75H27B564E`
CCIAA	`cciaa`	When available	`RM`
REA Code	`rea`	When available	`756453`
European Unique Identifier	`euid`	Supported domestic limited companies	`ITRI.00484960588`

The EUID is derived from the company’s Registro Imprese number (Codice Fiscale), preserving leading zeros. It is included for supported domestic limited-company forms, including SRL, SpA and SRLS. It is omitted for sole traders, partnerships, cooperatives, foreign-law entities and unknown legal forms. EUID search is not supported.

The same keys are used for the identifiers of legal representatives, shareholders and subsidiaries. The capitalised spellings Codice Fiscale, CCIAA and REA Code were retired on 2026-09-01.

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

GLEIF is the supplementary data source for this identifier. company.identifiers.lei is optional. It is returned when the Codice Fiscale (codiceFiscale) matches exactly one LEI through a GLEIF registration or validation reference. The Legal Entity Identifier has 20 uppercase alphanumeric characters, ending in two check digits. Coverage varies by entity. An absent lei does not prove that the company has no LEI. Lapsed, retired or merged LEIs may be returned; annulled LEIs are excluded.

VAT (Partita IVA) Validation

For verification-mode company lookups, the response includes a taxId block: the Partita IVA plus a verification object that records how the number was checked and by which authority. The Partita IVA is taken from the official register (for sole proprietors, whose Partita IVA differs from their Codice Fiscale, it is resolved automatically), then validated in two steps:

VIES (EU). The number is checked against the EU VAT Information Exchange System. If it is registered for intra-EU trade, VIES returns a consultation number that is legal proof of the check, and verification.source is vies.
Agenzia delle Entrate (domestic). Most Italian VAT numbers are not enabled for intra-EU trade, so VIES reports them as not valid even when they are perfectly active in Italy. When VIES does not confirm a number, it is checked against the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), the authoritative source for domestic VAT status. A number confirmed there has verification.source set to agenzia_entrate.

If neither source confirms the number, verification.status is unverified. A company being active in the business register is never treated as a substitute for validating its VAT number.

Field	Description
`taxId.value`	The 11-digit Partita IVA (without the `IT` prefix)
`taxId.verification.status`	`verified` or `unverified`
`taxId.verification.source`	`vies` or `agenzia_entrate`: which authority confirmed the number
`taxId.verification.consultationNumber`	VIES legal-proof reference, present only when `source` is `vies`
`taxId.verification.verifiedName`	Name held by the validating authority for that number

A vies result is the strongest proof for intra-EU transactions because it carries a consultation number. An agenzia_entrate result confirms the number is active for domestic purposes but has no intra-EU consultation number.

Search Capabilities

Search automatically detects the identifier type and routes to the appropriate endpoint:

Search Pattern	Format	Examples	Match Type	Results
Company Name	Text string	`Barilla`, `Zona Web`	Fuzzy match	Up to 10 results
CCIAA + REA	2 letters + 1-7 digits	`TO1239673`, `TO 1239673`	Exact match by province	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
REA Only	1-7 digits (not 11)	`1239673`, `12345`	Cross-province + name search	Multiple results
Partita IVA	11 digits	`00905811006`, `IT00905811006`	Exact ID match	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
Codice Fiscale (company)	11 digits	`03943150270`	Exact ID match	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow
Codice Fiscale (individual)	16 alphanumeric	`BRNLSN75H27B564E`	Exact ID match	Exact match returned first (matchType: id); other results may follow

REA numbers are unique within a province but can exist in multiple provinces. Searching by REA only (without CCIAA) performs both a cross-province REA search and a company name search simultaneously, then combines and deduplicates the results.

Search is powered by a fast third-party profile source. Name searches use fuzzy matching with up to 10 results. ID searches (Codice Fiscale, Partita IVA) return exact matches. The IT prefix on identifiers is automatically stripped.

Active companies only

Search can return companies that are no longer active, but their status is not known at search time, so activeOnly=true has no effect. Check company.status on the company profile. Search results do not carry the company status, so ceased companies can appear; check the status on the company profile.

Quirks & Gotchas

Quirk	Details
Codice Fiscale = Partita IVA for companies	For companies (SRL, SPA, etc.), the 11-digit Codice Fiscale is usually identical to the Partita IVA. For sole proprietors, they are always different.
Sole proprietors need personal Codice Fiscale	Sole proprietorships (Impresa Individuale) must be queried using their 16-character personal Codice Fiscale, not their 11-digit Partita IVA. Querying with Partita IVA returns a not-found error with a hint to use the correct identifier.
IT prefix is optional	The `IT` prefix on Partita IVA / Codice Fiscale is automatically stripped. Both `IT00484960588` and `00484960588` work, and both are stored under the same bare id. The prefix is only removed when what remains is an 11-digit number, so a personal Codice Fiscale that happens to start `IT` is left intact.
A REA code is not a company id	`/v2/company` rejects a REA or CCIAA + REA code with `400 invalid_request` rather than searching for it. Resolve it through `/v2/search` first.
REA is province-scoped	REA numbers are unique within a province but can exist in multiple provinces. Always pair with CCIAA code for exact identification.
Legal rep roles are AI-enriched	The local Italian role name is always preserved verbatim. The standardized role mapping and English translation use AI enrichment.
NACE comes from the register in verification mode	In verification mode the register publishes the NACE code next to the ATECO code, and ISIC is mapped from it through the official correspondence (`isAIInferred: false`). AI inference is used only when no NACE code is available, as on the prefill path. Check the `isAIInferred` flag.
ATECO code lengths vary	ATECO codes range from 2 to 6 digits depending on the granularity of the registered activity. There is no universal logic for code length.
Share capital ships with the shareholder list	In verification mode `company.capital` is returned only when the shareholder filing has been retrieved for the same company. See Share capital in verification mode.
Shareholder birth data cross-reference	The register’s shareholder filing does not include birth date/place for shareholders. The system cross-references by fiscal code with legal representative data to enrich shareholders with birth information where available.
Shareholder filing may be missing or too large	When the register has no shareholder filing for the company (for example, some cooperatives), `shareholders` is an empty list. When the filing is too large to be issued online, the datapoint fails with a no-document response. Both outcomes are refunded.
Document delivery is asynchronous	Visura and bilancio documents are ordered from the register and delivered asynchronously. Estimated delivery time is 5 minutes (300 seconds).
Bilancio documents are historical	Financial statement documents never change once filed. They are deduplicated permanently since they never change.

Mappings

Company Status

Company status is determined deterministically from Italian registry status codes. No AI inference is involved.

Code	Local Status	English Translation	Standardized Status
`A`	Attiva	Active	`ACTIVE`
`C`	Cessata	Ceased	`CLOSED`
`CF`	Out of business	Out of Business	`CLOSED`
`CS`	Out of business	Out of Business	`CLOSED`
`I`	Inactive	Inactive	`UNKNOWN`
`IF`	In closure	In Closure	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`
`IS`	In closure	In Closure	`UNDER_INSOLVENCY_PROCEEDING`
`S`	Dormant	Dormant	`UNKNOWN`

The prefill path reports only active (A) or ceased (C). Unknown codes default to UNKNOWN status.

Legal Forms

Italy has 70+ official legal form classifications managed by the Chambers of Commerce. Legal form mapping uses a deterministic code-to-description lookup for Italian names and a static dictionary for English translations. When no deterministic match is found, AI enrichment is used to translate and standardize the legal form, and to assign the ISO 20275 (ELF) code.

Key Business Forms

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`SR`	Societa’ a Responsabilita’ Limitata	Limited Liability Company	OV32
`SP`	Societa’ per Azioni	Joint Stock Company	P418
`AS`	Societa’ in Accomandita Semplice	Limited Partnership	CGSO
`SN`	Societa’ in Nome Collettivo	General Partnership	T2X1
`AA`	Societa’ in Accomandita per Azioni	Limited Partnership by Shares	DLS4
`SE`	Societa’ Semplice	Simple Partnership	2XXH
`SA`	Societa’ Anonima	Anonymous Company	-
`SV`	Societa’ tra Professionisti	Professional Partnership	ZZOG

Single-Member & Simplified Forms

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`SU`	Societa’ a Responsabilita’ Limitata con Unico Socio	Single-Member Limited Liability Company	B5TO
`AU`	Societa’ per Azioni con Socio Unico	Single-Member Joint Stock Company	X32V
`RS`	Societa’ a Responsabilita’ Limitata Semplificata	Simplified Limited Liability Company	8GU1
`RR`	Societa’ a Responsabilita’ Limitata a Capitale Ridotto	Reduced Capital Limited Liability Company	-

Sole Proprietorships

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`DI`	Impresa Individuale	Sole Proprietorship	LHBB
`PF`	Persona Fisica	Natural Person	-
`IF`	Impresa Familiare	Family Business	-

Cooperatives

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`SC`	Societa’ Cooperativa	Cooperative Company	QRZJ
`OO`	Cooperativa Sociale	Social Cooperative	PHMS
`CL`	Societa’ Cooperativa a Responsabilita Limitata	Limited Liability Cooperative	CTNS
`CI`	Societa’ Cooperativa a Responsabilita Illimitata	Unlimited Liability Cooperative	-
`PC`	Piccola Societa’ Cooperativa	Small Cooperative Company	-
`PS`	Piccola Societa’ Cooperativa a Responsabilita’ Limitata	Small Limited Liability Cooperative	ZU9S
`OC`	Societa’ Cooperativa Consortile	Consortium Cooperative Company	C1IC

Consortiums & Groups

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`CO`	Consorzio	Consortium	HN75
`CC`	Consorzio con Attivita’ Esterna	Consortium with External Activity	2J7Z
`CS`	Consorzio senza Attivita’ Esterna	Consortium without External Activity	SBQN
`CF`	Consorzio Fidi	Credit Guarantee Consortium	DCRK
`CR`	Consorzio Intercomunale	Inter-Municipal Consortium	-
`CM`	Consorzio Municipale	Municipal Consortium	VDRB
`CZ`	Consorzio di cui al DLgs 267/2000	Consortium under DLgs 267/2000	X62Z
`CN`	Societa’ Consortile	Consortium Company	-
`SL`	Societa’ Consortile a Responsabilita’ Limitata	Consortium Limited Liability Company	BL52
`SO`	Societa’ Consortile per Azioni	Consortium Joint Stock Company	LZZD
`OS`	Societa’ Consortile Cooperativa a Responsabilita’ Limitata	Consortium Cooperative Limited Liability Company	8AXV
`AN`	Societa’ Consortile in Nome Collettivo	Consortium General Partnership	-
`AE`	Societa’ Consortile in Accomandita Semplice	Consortium Limited Partnership	WRU2
`GE`	Gruppo Europeo di Interesse Economico	European Economic Interest Grouping	634M
`RC`	Contratto di Rete dotato di Soggettivita’ Giuridica	Network Contract with Legal Personality	K021

Associations & Non-Profits

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`AC`	Associazione	Association	1TON
`AI`	Associazione Impresa	Business Association	WPED
`PA`	Associazione in Partecipazione	Joint Venture Association	-
`FO`	Fondazione	Foundation	75WC
`FI`	Fondazione Impresa	Business Foundation	70X0
`SM`	Societa’ di Mutuo Soccorso	Mutual Aid Society	VA1V
`MA`	Mutua Assicurazione	Mutual Insurance	W9SC
`EM`	Ente Morale	Moral Entity	ARJF

Public Law & Ecclesiastical Entities

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`EP`	Ente Pubblico Economico	Public Economic Entity	ZG6S
`ED`	Ente Diritto Pubblico	Public Law Entity	5ODO
`EC`	Ente Pubblico Commerciale	Public Commercial Entity	-
`EN`	Ente	Entity	K26L
`EI`	Ente Impresa	Business Entity	KCSG
`EL`	Ente Sociale	Social Entity	2SZI
`EE`	Ente Ecclesiastico	Ecclesiastical Entity	IMHA
`ER`	Ente Ecclesiastico Civilmente Riconosciuto	Civilly Recognized Ecclesiastical Entity	1RI9
`IR`	Istituto Religioso	Religious Institute	ADAZ
`ES`	Ente di cui alla L.R. 21-12-93 N88	Entity under Regional Law 88/1993	-
`AL`	Azienda Speciale	Special Agency	KXZT
`LL`	Azienda Speciale di cui al DLgs 267/2000	Special Agency under DLgs 267/2000	KCHO
`AZ`	Azienda Speciale REA	Special Agency REA	SSP9
`AM`	Azienda Municipale	Municipal Company	L1ZJ
`AP`	Azienda Provinciale	Provincial Company	-
`AR`	Azienda Regionale	Regional Company	-
`AT`	Azienda Autonoma Statale	Autonomous State Company	DSSD

Financial Institutions & Foreign Entities

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`IC`	Istituto di Credito	Credit Institution	-
`ID`	Istituto di Credito di Diritto Pubblico	Public Law Credit Institution	-
`ST`	Soggetto Estero	Foreign Entity	H7D4
`SS`	Societa’ Costituita in Base a Leggi di Altro Stato	Company Incorporated under Foreign Law	135L
`SZ`	Societa’ non Prevista dalla Legislazione Italiana	Company Not Provided for under Italian Law	W2PE
`SD`	Societa’ Europea	European Company (SE)	VUPE
`SG`	Societa’ Cooperativa Europea	European Cooperative Society (SCE)	9KGS

Other & Historical Forms

Code	Italian Name	English Translation	ISO 20275
`AF`	Altre Forme	Other Forms	RWZD
`SF`	Societa’ di Fatto	De Facto Partnership	-
`SI`	Societa’ Irregolare	Irregular Company	-
`CE`	Comunione Ereditaria	Hereditary Community	-
`XX`	Non Precisata	Unspecified	-

ISO 20275 (ELF) codes are matched against GLEIF’s ELF code list for Italy (for example SRL = OV32, SPA = P418). Forms marked - have no dedicated Italian entry in that list.

Legal Representatives

When the register publishes signing powers for a returned representative’s appointment, signingPowers.localText preserves the original Italian text. Simple unconditional declarations populate representationMode.mode with sole or joint. For an explicit two-signature declaration, minimumSignatories is 2, including the representative. Powers that depend on transaction type, amount, named co-signers or other conditions remain in signingPowers.localText without a single representation mode. An absent mode means the signing arrangement has not been classified; it does not mean the person has no authority. For those texts, signingPowers.englishTranslation carries an English translation and signingAuthority a model-derived reading: a verdict (sole, sole_within_limits, joint or unclear) and one rules[] entry per power with its English scope, mode, optional amountLimit and coSigners, and the verbatim sourceExcerpt it was read from. Treat signingAuthority as an analyst’s summary to be checked against the excerpts, not as a register statement: derivedFrom is always ai, confidence drops to low when an excerpt could not be matched to the text, and unclear is returned rather than a guess when the text only refers to another instrument. Missing text means no powers text was retrieved for that appointment. A role title alone does not establish signing authority. These fields enrich the returned representatives and do not guarantee a complete list of all authorized signatories. Legal representatives are extracted from the Registro Imprese and are available in verification mode only. Known office codes use the published role catalogue for fixed English translations and standardized values; unfamiliar labels may require enrichment. The local Italian role name is preserved verbatim. Both individuals and corporate entities can hold legal representative roles.

Executive & Management Roles

Italian Role	English Translation
Amministratore unico	Sole Director
Amministratore delegato	Managing Director / CEO
Amministratore	Director
Presidente del consiglio di amministrazione	Chairman of the Board
Consigliere delegato	Executive Board Member
Consigliere	Board Member
Socio amministratore	Managing Partner
Presidente	President / Chairman
Vice presidente	Vice President
Direttore generale	General Manager
Titolare	Owner

Representative & Legal Roles

Italian Role	English Translation
Rappresentante legale	Legal Representative
Procuratore	Attorney / Proxy
Procuratore speciale	Special Attorney
Institore	Business Manager (Institor)
Liquidatore	Liquidator

Partnership & Cooperative Roles

Italian Role	English Translation
Socio accomandatario	General Partner (unlimited liability)
Socio accomandante	Limited Partner
Socio unico	Sole Shareholder

The register publishes official office codes, alongside Italian labels that can vary by grammatical gender. Known codes use fixed translations and standardized values. The original label remains in localName. Office names identify appointments; the register’s representation information and the powers filed for that appointment establish authority.

Other Key Persons

otherKeyPersons is available in verification mode for filed office holders whose appointment has no established representation grant, including non-signing board members and auditors present in the register response. Registered representatives, and appointments with supported signing powers, appear under legalRepresentatives. Ownership alone does not create either an officer appointment or signing authority. A person may hold several distinct appointments, with different roles and powers. An office title does not imply sole or joint signing authority. Prefill returns company data only.

Shareholders

Shareholders are extracted from the register’s shareholder filing in the Registro Imprese, in verification mode only. Both individual and corporate shareholders are supported. Extraction Logic:

Company type	Result
Companies with a shareholder filing	Shareholders with ownership percentages, nominal capital held, paid-in amounts, fiscal codes, addresses, country codes
Sole proprietorships	Not applicable: an explicit not-applicable response, with no charge. The owner is returned under `legalRepresentatives`

Ownership Fields:

Field	Description
`sharePercentage`	Ownership percentage
`nominalCapitalHeld`	Nominal capital amount held (EUR)
`paidInAmount`	Amount of capital paid in (EUR)
`type`	`INDIVIDUAL` or `COMPANY`
`individual.identifiers`	Codice Fiscale of shareholder
`company.countryCode`	Country code for foreign corporate shareholders

The register’s shareholder filing does not include birth date/place for shareholders. When a shareholder is also a legal representative (common in small Italian companies), the system cross-references by fiscal code and copies birth information from the legal representative record to enrich the shareholder data.

When the register has no shareholder filing for the company (for example, some cooperatives), shareholders is an empty list. When the filing is too large to be issued online, the datapoint fails with a no-document response. Both outcomes are refunded.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries are the inverse of shareholders: companies in which the queried company holds equity. For Italy they are extracted from the register’s filing of current participations in other companies (“Partecipazioni in altre societa’”). Fields populated:

Field	Description
`company.legalName`	Subsidiary’s legal name
`company.id`	Subsidiary’s Codice Fiscale
`sharePercentage`	Direct equity stake (0–100)
`numberOfShares`	Share or quota count held
`nominalCapitalHeld`	Total nominal value held (EUR)
`acquisitionDate`	Earliest date the participation was recorded

Only current participations in companies that have not been cancelled are returned. Historical participations and transfers are not surfaced, and endDate is not set. Sole proprietorships return an empty list. See Subsidiaries for the universal contract.

Activity Code Mapping

Italy uses the ATECO (Attivita Economiche) classification system, maintained by ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics). The ATECO 2025 classification, effective from April 1, 2025, aligns with the EU’s NACE Rev. 2.1 system and has 6 levels of classification depth. Classification pipeline:

Verification: ATECO_2025 + NACE (register) → ISIC (official NACE-to-ISIC correspondence)
Prefill:   ATECO → ISIC and NACE (AI-inferred)

Available classifications in API responses:

Classification	Source	AI-Inferred	Notes
ATECO_2025	Registro Imprese	No	Verification mode; the company’s prevailing activity
ATECO	Fast profile source	No	Prefill mode
NACE	Registro Imprese (verification) or AI-enriched (prefill)	No in verification, Yes in prefill	European standard (NACE Rev. 2.1). In verification mode it is published by the register next to the ATECO code
ISIC	Mapped from NACE (verification) or AI-enriched (prefill)	Inherits the flag of the NACE code in verification, Yes in prefill	International standard, mapped from NACE through the official correspondence

Main activity: the Registro Imprese declares each company’s prevailing activity (attivita prevalente) and publishes a single ATECO code for it. That ATECO code carries isMainActivity: true, and the NACE and ISIC codes derived from it inherit the flag.

ATECO code lengths vary from 2 to 6 digits depending on the granularity of the registered activity. There is no universal logic for code length. AI inference is used only when no NACE code is available, which is the case on the prefill path.

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Data Point	Registro Imprese (Verification)	Fast profile source (Verification fallback)	Fast profile source (Prefill)
Company name	Yes	Yes	Yes
Legal form	Yes	Yes	Yes
Status	Yes	Yes (A/C)	Yes (A/C)
Identifiers (VAT, CF, CCIAA, REA)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Registered address	Yes	Yes	Yes
Share capital	Only alongside `shareholders` (see below)	No	No
Incorporation date	Yes	Yes	Yes
Registration date	Yes	Yes	Yes
ATECO activity codes	Yes (ATECO_2025 + NACE)	Yes (ATECO)	Yes (ATECO)
Activity description	Yes	Yes	Yes
Legal representatives	Yes (with birth data)	No	No
Other key persons	Yes, when recorded	No	Yes, when recorded
Shareholders	Yes (with nominal/paid-in)	No	No
Subsidiaries	Yes (current participations only)	No	No
Establishments	Yes (secondary registered seats and active operational branches)	No	No
Employee count	No	No	No
Phone / website	No	No	No
PEC (certified email)	No	No	No

The Italian register does not publish share capital on the company record itself. It files it with the shareholder list, which is a separate, separately priced record. That has one visible consequence in mode: "verification":

You request	`company.capital`
`company` (and/or `legalRepresentatives`) alone	Omitted
`company` and `shareholders` together	Returned
`company` alone, within 24h of a `shareholders` request for the same company	Returned
`mode: "prefill"`	Omitted

Why we do not simply fetch it. Share capital is filed with the shareholder list, which is a separately priced record, so we do not buy that record just to populate one field. We do not substitute a non-authoritative source for it either: in verification mode every field we return comes from the register itself, and share capital is no exception. When the shareholder record has been retrieved, capital comes along with it at no extra charge. If you always need capital, request shareholders alongside company. You get the ownership breakdown and the capital figure together, for the price of the two blocks.

In mode: "prefill" share capital is not returned. Prefill returns only the company datapoint (name, legal form, status, identifiers, registered address, main ATECO code, incorporation and registration dates).

Documents by Company Type

Document	Type	Format	Delivery	Companies	Sole proprietorships	Notes
Visura Camerale	Certified Trade Register Extract	PDF	~5 min	Yes	Yes	Official Italian-language extract from the Registro Imprese. Includes the corporate object (oggetto sociale), board powers (poteri di firma), ATECO classification, per-branch activity matrix, employee distribution, statutory clauses, and the list of historical filings available for the company.
Visura Storica	Trade Register History	PDF	~5 min	Yes	Yes	Historical company report listing every amendment to the entity since its registration.
Fascicolo Storico	Historical Company File (`otherDocuments`, subType `fascicolo_storico`)	PDF	~5 min	Yes	No	Complete historical company file. Richer than the Visura Storica: it adds the share and quota transfer history.
Statuto	Articles of Association	PDF	~5 min	Yes	No	The company’s constitutional document as filed at the chamber of commerce, including any amending protocols.
Bilancio d’Esercizio	Financial Statement	ZIP	~5 min	When filed	When filed	Annual accounts per fiscal year; ZIP contains XBRL/PDF
Bilancio Consolidato	Consolidated Financial Statement	ZIP	~5 min	When filed	When filed	Consolidated group accounts per fiscal year

Chamber of commerce documents (Visura Camerale, Visura Storica, Fascicolo Storico, Statuto) are listed only for entities registered in the Registro Imprese. An entity with no REA registration, or whose registration is still pending, has none listed.

Documents are ordered from the register and generated asynchronously. The Visura Camerale is deduplicated for 24 hours; subsequent requests within this period return the deduplicated version. Financial statements are historical documents and are deduplicated permanently since historical filings never change. Bilancio documents are listed per company from the register, showing all available fiscal years.

Example API Responses

All examples use placeholder data. Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "<id>", "countryCode": "IT", "dataPoints": ["company", "legalRepresentatives"] } Note that this request returns no company.capital, because the register files share capital with the shareholder list. Add "shareholders" to dataPoints to get it. See Share capital in verification mode.

Active SRL (Source: Registro Imprese)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "01234567890",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "identifiers": {
      "VAT": "01234567890",
      "codiceFiscale": "01234567890",
      "cciaa": "MI",
      "rea": "2098765"
    },
    "legalName": "EXAMPLE TECH SRL",
    "incorporationDate": "2015-03-10",
    "registrationDate": "2015-03-15",
    "status": {
      "localName": "attiva",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company",
      "iso20275Code": "OV32"
    },
    "activities": {
      "ATECO_2025": [
        { "code": "620100", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
      ],
      "NACE": [
        { "code": "62.01", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
      ],
      "ISIC": [
        { "code": "6201", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
      ]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "Via Roma 42",
      "city": "Milano",
      "postalCode": "20121",
      "region": "MI",
      "countryCode": "IT"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Amministratore unico",
        "englishTranslation": "Sole Director",
        "standardized": "Director"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "Marco Rossi", "firstName": "Marco", "lastName": "Rossi" },
        "gender": "Male",
        "birthDate": { "year": 1980, "month": 5, "day": 15 },
        "birthAddress": { "city": "Milano", "region": "MI", "countryCode": "IT" },
        "residenceAddress": {
          "addressLine1": "Via Giuseppe Verdi 8",
          "city": "Milano",
          "postalCode": "20121",
          "region": "MI",
          "countryCode": "IT"
        },
        "identifiers": { "codiceFiscale": "RSSMRC80E15F205X" }
      }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "sharePercentage": 60,
      "nominalCapitalHeld": { "amount": 30000, "currency": "EUR", "formatted": "30000 EUR" },
      "paidInAmount": { "amount": 30000, "currency": "EUR", "formatted": "30000 EUR" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "Marco Rossi" },
        "identifiers": { "codiceFiscale": "RSSMRC80E15F205X" },
        "birthDate": { "year": 1980, "month": 5, "day": 15 },
        "birthAddress": { "city": "Milano", "region": "MI", "countryCode": "IT" }
      }
    },
    {
      "entityId": "person_002",
      "type": "individual",
      "sharePercentage": 40,
      "nominalCapitalHeld": { "amount": 20000, "currency": "EUR", "formatted": "20000 EUR" },
      "paidInAmount": { "amount": 20000, "currency": "EUR", "formatted": "20000 EUR" },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "Giulia Bianchi" },
        "identifiers": { "codiceFiscale": "BNCGLI85A41H501Y" }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Active SPA (Verification fallback source)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "09876543210",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "identifiers": {
      "VAT": "09876543210",
      "codiceFiscale": "09876543210",
      "cciaa": "RM",
      "rea": "1503238"
    },
    "legalName": "GRANDE INDUSTRIA SPA",
    "incorporationDate": "2000-01-20",
    "registrationDate": "2000-02-01",
    "status": {
      "localName": "attiva",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "SOCIETA' PER AZIONI",
      "englishTranslation": "Joint Stock Company",
      "standardized": "Corporation",
      "iso20275Code": "P418"
    },
    "activities": {
      "ATECO": [
        { "code": "461900", "description": "Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
      ],
      "ISIC": [
        { "code": "4610", "description": "Wholesale on a fee or contract basis", "isAIInferred": true, "isMainActivity": true }
      ],
      "NACE": [
        { "code": "46.19", "description": "Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods", "isAIInferred": true, "isMainActivity": true }
      ]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "Via del Corso 10",
      "city": "Roma",
      "postalCode": "00186",
      "region": "RM",
      "countryCode": "IT"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": []
}

When the register cannot return the company and the fast profile source is used as a fallback, legal representatives are not available and the activity code is returned under ATECO.

Ceased Company

{
  "company": {
    "id": "05678901234",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "identifiers": {
      "VAT": "05678901234",
      "codiceFiscale": "05678901234",
      "cciaa": "TO",
      "rea": "876543"
    },
    "legalName": "VECCHIA DITTA SNC DI BIANCHI E VERDI",
    "incorporationDate": "1995-06-15",
    "registrationDate": "1995-07-01",
    "status": {
      "localName": "cessata",
      "active": false,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "CLOSED" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "SOCIETA' IN NOME COLLETTIVO",
      "englishTranslation": "General Partnership",
      "standardized": "Partnership"
    },
    "activities": {
      "ATECO_2025": [
        { "code": "471100", "description": "Retail sale in non-specialised stores", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
      ]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "Corso Vittorio Emanuele 88",
      "city": "Torino",
      "postalCode": "10121",
      "region": "TO",
      "countryCode": "IT"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "Socio amministratore",
        "englishTranslation": "Managing Partner",
        "standardized": "Partner"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "Luigi Bianchi", "firstName": "Luigi", "lastName": "Bianchi" },
        "identifiers": { "codiceFiscale": "BNCLGU70A01L219K" }
      }
    }
  ],
  "shareholders": []
}

Sole Proprietorship (Source: Registro Imprese)

{
  "company": {
    "id": "RSSMRA85M01H501Z",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "identifiers": {
      "codiceFiscale": "RSSMRA85M01H501Z",
      "VAT": "04567890123",
      "cciaa": "RM",
      "rea": "1234567"
    },
    "legalName": "ROSSI MARIO CONSULENZE",
    "incorporationDate": "2010-09-01",
    "registrationDate": "2010-09-05",
    "status": {
      "localName": "attiva",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "IMPRESA INDIVIDUALE",
      "englishTranslation": "Sole Proprietorship",
      "standardized": "Sole Proprietorship"
    },
    "activities": {
      "ATECO_2025": [
        { "code": "702200", "description": "Business and other management consultancy activities", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
      ],
      "NACE": [
        { "code": "70.22", "description": "Business and other management consultancy activities", "isAIInferred": true, "isMainActivity": true }
      ]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "Via Appia Nuova 200",
      "city": "Roma",
      "postalCode": "00183",
      "region": "RM",
      "countryCode": "IT"
    }
  },
  "legalRepresentatives": [
    {
      "entityId": "person_001",
      "type": "individual",
      "role": {
        "localName": "TITOLARE",
        "englishTranslation": "Owner",
        "standardized": "Owner"
      },
      "individual": {
        "name": { "fullName": "Mario Rossi", "firstName": "Mario", "lastName": "Rossi" },
        "identifiers": { "codiceFiscale": "RSSMRA85M01H501Z" }
      }
    }
  ]
}

The owner is returned under legalRepresentatives. Requesting shareholders for a sole proprietorship returns an explicit not-applicable response, with no charge.

Prefill Profile (Source: fast profile source)

Query: POST /v2/company with { "id": "<id>", "countryCode": "IT", "mode": "prefill", "dataPoints": ["company"] }. Prefill returns only company: no share capital, officers, shareholders, employees, phones or website.

{
  "company": {
    "id": "01234567890",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "identifiers": {
      "VAT": "01234567890",
      "codiceFiscale": "01234567890",
      "cciaa": "MI",
      "rea": "2098765"
    },
    "legalName": "EXAMPLE TECH SRL",
    "incorporationDate": "2015-03-10",
    "registrationDate": "2015-03-15",
    "status": {
      "localName": "ATTIVA",
      "active": true,
      "statusDetails": { "status": "ACTIVE" }
    },
    "legalForm": {
      "localName": "SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA",
      "englishTranslation": "Limited Liability Company",
      "standardized": "Limited Liability Company",
      "iso20275Code": "OV32"
    },
    "activities": {
      "ATECO": [
        { "code": "62.01", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
      ],
      "ISIC": [
        { "code": "6201", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": true }
      ],
      "NACE": [
        { "code": "62.01", "description": "Computer programming activities", "isAIInferred": true }
      ]
    },
    "legalAddress": {
      "addressLine1": "Via Roma 42",
      "city": "Milano",
      "postalCode": "20121",
      "region": "MI",
      "countryCode": "IT"
    }
  }
}

Available Documents

Documents are returned when "dataPoints": ["availableDocuments"] is requested.

{
  "documents": {
    "certifiedTradeRegisterExtract": {
      "name": "Visura Camerale",
      "description": "Certified trade register extract from Italian Chamber of Commerce",
      "format": "pdf",
      "estimatedDeliverySeconds": 300
    },
    "tradeRegisterHistory": {
      "name": "Visura Storica",
      "description": "Historical company report listing every amendment to the entity since its registration.",
      "format": "pdf",
      "estimatedDeliverySeconds": 300
    },
    "financialStatements": [
      {
        "name": "Bilancio d'Esercizio 2023",
        "description": "Financial Statement for the year ending December 31, 2023",
        "format": "zip",
        "estimatedDeliverySeconds": 300,
        "date": "2023-12-31",
        "period": {
          "startDate": { "year": 2023, "month": 1, "day": 1 },
          "endDate": { "year": 2023, "month": 12, "day": 31 }
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Bilancio Consolidato 2023",
        "description": "Consolidated Financial Statement for the year ending December 31, 2023",
        "format": "zip",
        "estimatedDeliverySeconds": 300,
        "date": "2023-12-31",
        "period": {
          "startDate": { "year": 2023, "month": 1, "day": 1 },
          "endDate": { "year": 2023, "month": 12, "day": 31 }
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Bilancio d'Esercizio 2022",
        "description": "Financial Statement for the year ending December 31, 2022",
        "format": "zip",
        "estimatedDeliverySeconds": 300,
        "date": "2022-12-31",
        "period": {
          "startDate": { "year": 2022, "month": 1, "day": 1 },
          "endDate": { "year": 2022, "month": 12, "day": 31 }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Activity Code Example (Verification)

In verification mode the register publishes the ATECO 2025 code of the prevailing activity together with its NACE code, and ISIC is mapped from NACE:

{
  "activities": {
    "ATECO_2025": [
      { "code": "107300", "description": "Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
    ],
    "NACE": [
      { "code": "10.73", "description": "Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
    ],
    "ISIC": [
      { "code": "1074", "description": "Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products", "isAIInferred": false, "isMainActivity": true }
    ]
  }
}

In this example:

Main activity: 107300 from ATECO_2025, as declared to the register
NACE: published by the register (NACE Rev. 2.1), not inferred
ISIC: mapped from the NACE code through the official correspondence, so isAIInferred is false

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Data Sources

Commercial companies

Sole entrepreneurs

Data Source Priority & Routing

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

VAT (Partita IVA) Validation

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Subsidiaries

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Documents by Company Type

Example API Responses

​Start here

Italy coverage, pricing, and sources

​Table of Contents

​Data Sources

​Commercial companies

​Sole entrepreneurs

​Data Source Priority & Routing

​Company Identifiers

​Query Identifiers

​Identifiers in API Response

​Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

​VAT (Partita IVA) Validation

​Search Capabilities

​Active companies only

​Quirks & Gotchas

​Mappings

​Company Status

​Legal Forms

​Legal Representatives

​Other Key Persons

​Shareholders

​Subsidiaries

​Activity Code Mapping

​Data Availability

​Data Availability Matrix

​Share capital in verification mode

​Documents by Company Type

​Example API Responses

Start here

Table of Contents

Data Sources

Commercial companies

Sole entrepreneurs

Data Source Priority & Routing

Company Identifiers

Query Identifiers

Identifiers in API Response

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

VAT (Partita IVA) Validation

Search Capabilities

Active companies only

Quirks & Gotchas

Mappings

Company Status

Legal Forms

Legal Representatives

Other Key Persons

Shareholders

Subsidiaries

Activity Code Mapping

Data Availability

Data Availability Matrix

Share capital in verification mode

Documents by Company Type

Example API Responses