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# Basic Business Registration

### Required Input <a href="#p4deq2dhbni5" id="p4deq2dhbni5"></a>

### Required Input <a href="#p4deq2dhbni5" id="p4deq2dhbni5"></a>

| **Input**      | **Value**                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| country        | NG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| id\_type       | BASIC\_BUSINESS\_REGISTRATION                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| id\_number     | Business registration number (numbers only without the 2 letter suffix) e.g. RC 0000000 should be submitted as 0000000                                                                                                             |
| business\_type | <p>The incorporation type of the business. Can be any of the following items:</p><ul><li>bn - for business name registration</li><li>co - for private or public limited companies</li><li>it - for incorporated trustees</li></ul> |

### Response fields <a href="#iz6io91diibq" id="iz6io91diibq"></a>

| Company Information.Address                   | No  |
| --------------------------------------------- | --- |
| Company Information.Authorized Shared Capital | No  |
| Company Information.Company Type              | Yes |
| Company Information.Country                   | Yes |
| Company Information.Email                     | No  |
| Company Information.Industry                  | Yes |
| Company Information.Legal Name                | Yes |
| Company Information.Phone                     | No  |
| Company Information.Registration Date         | Yes |
| Company Information.Registration Number       | Yes |
| Company Information.Search Number             | Yes |
| Company Information.State                     | No  |
| Company Information.Status                    | Yes |
| Company Information.Tax Id                    | Yes |

All fields are returned as string

### ID Number Regular Expression (Regex) <a href="#jpvzmrwgifmq" id="jpvzmrwgifmq"></a>

To limit the probability of your user mistyping the id number, we advise that you enforce the format of the id number field in your app. You can use the regex below:

* `/^0{7}$|^(?![0]+$)[A-Z0-9]{1,8}$/i`

### Supported Products <a href="#kmhapz5tyfxt" id="kmhapz5tyfxt"></a>

* [Business Verification](/products/for-businesses-kyb/business-verification.md)

### Sample ID Numbers <a href="#c52edrgfk77t" id="c52edrgfk77t"></a>

To test Nigerian basic 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.

{% hint style="info" %}
Always send `co` as the `business_type` in sandbox.
{% endhint %}

| ID Number | Result                                     | Result Code |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------- |
| 0000000   | Success with business information returned | 1012        |
| 0000001   | Failure, no record found                   | 1013        |
| 0000002   | Error: Invalid ID number format            | 2413        |
| 0000003   | Database unavailable                       | 1015        |


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