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# Business Registration
### Required Input
| Input | Value |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| country | KE |
| id\_type | BUSINESS\_REGISTRATION |
| id\_number | Business registration number |
| postal\_code | The postal code of the business (must be a 5 digit string) |
| postal\_address | The postal address of the business (must be a 4 or 5 digit string) |
### Response fields
| Response Field | Value Returned |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- |
| Company Information.Company Type | No |
| Company Information.Country | Yes |
| Company Information.Address | Yes |
| Company Information.Registration Number | Yes |
| Company Information.Search Number | Yes |
| Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital | Yes |
| Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital Breakdown.Nominal Value | Yes |
| Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital Breakdown.Type | Yes |
| Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital Breakdown.Number Of Shares | Yes |
| Company Information.Industry | No |
| Company Information.Tax Id | Yes |
| Company Information.Registration Date | Yes |
| Company Information.Phone | Yes |
| Company Information.Legal Name | Yes |
| Company Information.State | No |
| Company Information.Email | Yes |
| Company Information.Status | Yes |
| Directors.Shareholdings | Yes |
| Directors.Shareholding Breakdown.Type | Yes |
| Directors.Shareholding Breakdown.Number Of Shares | Yes |
| Directors.Id Number | Yes |
| Directors.Address | No |
| Directors.Occupation | No |
| Directors.Gender | No |
| Directors.Nationality | Yes |
| Directors.Date Of Birth | Yes |
| Directors.Name | Yes |
| Directors.Id Type | No |
| Directors.Phone Number | No |
| Proprietors.Id Number | Yes |
| Proprietors.Address | No |
| Proprietors.Occupation | No |
| Proprietors.Gender | No |
| Proprietors.Nationality | Yes |
| Proprietors.Date Of Birth | No |
| Proprietors.Name | Yes |
| Proprietors.Id Type | No |
| Proprietors.Phone Number | No |
| Beneficial Owners.Shareholdings | Yes |
| Beneficial Owners.Shareholding Breakdown.Type | Yes |
| Beneficial Owners.Shareholding Breakdown.Number Of Shares | Yes |
| Beneficial Owners.Address | No |
| Beneficial Owners.Gender | No |
| Beneficial Owners.Nationality | Yes |
| Beneficial Owners.Registration Number | Yes |
| Beneficial Owners.Name | Yes |
| Beneficial Owners.Shareholder Type | Yes |
| Beneficial Owners.Phone Number | No |
| Fiduciaries.Name | Yes |
| Fiduciaries.Fiduciary Type | Yes |
| Fiduciaries.Address | No |
| Fiduciaries.Registration Number | Yes |
| Fiduciaries.Status | No |
| Documents.Search Certificate | No |
All fields are returned as string
### Supported Products
* [Business Verification](/products/for-businesses-kyb/business-verification.md)
### Sample ID Numbers
To test Kenyan business registration in our Sandbox, we provide you with 4 different id numbers to mirror various scenarios you can experience with real IDs in production.
| ID Number | Result | Result Code |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------- |
| CPR/0000/000000 | Success with business information returned | 1012 |
| CPR/0000/000001 | Failure, no record found | 1013 |
| CPR/0000/000002 | Error: Invalid ID number format | 2413 |
| CPR/0000/000003 | Database unavailable | 1015 |
{% hint style="info" %}
For all test scenarios, please use the following values for postal\_code and postal\_address
`postal_code`: 00000\
`postal_address`: 0000
{% endhint %}
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