> ## Documentation Index
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# Business Registration

> Verify a Kenyan business using its registration number and retrieve directors, shareholders, and beneficial owners.

The Business Registration endpoint retrieves verified company information — including directors, beneficial owners, and shareholding structure — using a valid Kenya business registration number.

## Endpoint

```
POST /api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/business_registration/
```

## Request

### Headers

| Header           | Value               | Required |
| ---------------- | ------------------- | -------- |
| `x-access-token` | Your API secret key | Yes      |
| `Content-Type`   | `application/json`  | Yes      |

### Body Parameters

| Parameter             | Type   | Required | Description                                          |
| --------------------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `registration_number` | string | Yes      | The business registration number (e.g. `PVT-ABC123`) |
| `postal_code`         | string | No       | Postal code of the registered business address       |
| `postal_address`      | string | No       | Postal address number                                |

### Example

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/business_registration/" \
    -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"registration_number": "PVT-ABC123", "postal_code": "00100", "postal_address": "1234"}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

### 200 OK

| Field                    | Type    | Description                                              |
| ------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `data.valid`             | boolean | Whether the registration is valid                        |
| `data.directors`         | array   | List of directors with identity and shareholding details |
| `data.beneficial_owners` | array   | List of beneficial owners with shareholding details      |
| `data.fiduciaries`       | array   | Fiduciary details if applicable                          |
| `data.proprietors`       | array   | Proprietor details if applicable                         |

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "valid": true,
    "success": true,
    "directors": [
      {
        "name": "JAMES KARIUKI MWANGI",
        "gender": "Male",
        "address": "P.O BOX 1234 NAIROBI",
        "id_type": "National ID",
        "id_number": "A12345678",
        "occupation": "Director",
        "nationality": "Citizen",
        "phone_number": "N/A",
        "date_of_birth": "N/A",
        "shareholdings": 10,
        "shareholding_breakdown": [{"type": "ORDINARY", "number_of_shares": 10}]
      }
    ],
    "documents": {},
    "fiduciaries": [],
    "proprietors": [],
    "beneficial_owners": [
      {
        "name": "JAMES KARIUKI MWANGI",
        "gender": "Male",
        "address": "P.O BOX 1234 NAIROBI",
        "nationality": "Citizen",
        "phone_number": "N/A",
        "shareholdings": 10,
        "shareholder_type": "Individual",
        "registration_number": "N/A",
        "shareholding_breakdown": [{"type": "ORDINARY", "number_of_shares": 10}]
      }
    ]
  },
  "message": "Business Registration details retrieved successfully"
}
```

### 400 Bad Request

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [],
  "message": "Sorry, your check cannot be processed at the moment. Please try again in a few minutes"
}
```


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/business_registration/
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Adhere API
  description: >-
    Identity verification, credit checks, transaction monitoring, and loan fraud
    detection across Africa.
  version: 3.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Nigeria KYC
  - name: Kenya KYC
  - name: Ghana KYC
  - name: Rwanda KYC
  - name: Uganda KYC
  - name: Biometrics
  - name: Individual Credit
  - name: Business Credit
  - name: Transaction Monitoring
  - name: Transaction Screening
  - name: Transaction KYC
  - name: Loan Fraud
  - name: User Journey
paths:
  /api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/business_registration/:
    post:
      tags:
        - Kenya KYC
      summary: Kenya Business Registration
      operationId: kenyaBusinessRegistration
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - registration_number
              properties:
                registration_number:
                  type: string
                  example: BUS/2020/123456
                postal_code:
                  type: string
                postal_address:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Business registration verified
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: failed
              data:
                type: array
                items: {}
              message:
                type: string
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: failed
              message:
                type: string
                example: Authentication credentials were not provided.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-access-token
      description: Your Adhere API secret key

````