---
title: "Search Swiss companies by name (Zefix)"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/company/search"
---

# Search Swiss companies by name (Zefix)

`GET /api/v1/company/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://bumit.ai`
- URL: `https://bumit.ai/api/v1/company/search`
- Auth: none required

Returns register candidates from the Zefix central business name index. A match is not a verification result.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required
- `canton` string
- `activeOnly` boolean

## Response `200`

Candidate companies

- CompanySearchResult
  - `status` 'OK', required
  - `query` string, required
  - `source` 'ZEFIX'
  - `served_from_cache` boolean
  - `count` integer, required
  - `results` object[], required
    - `attribution` Attribution: Source attribution for Zefix-derived facts. Zefix data has no legal effect and is provided without guarantee.
      - `source` 'ZEFIX', required
      - `source_label` string
      - `source_reference` string
      - `source_record_id` string, nullable
      - `source_url` string, nullable
      - `retrieved_at` string, date-time, required
      - `source_timestamp` string, nullable
      - `legal_effect` false, required
      - `guaranteed` false, required
      - `notices` string[]
    - `bumit_derived_values` DerivedValue[]
      - `field` string, required
      - `source` 'ZEFIX', required
      - `source_value` unknown, required
      - `bumit_derived_value` unknown, required
      - `modified` true, required
      - `derivation` string
  - `disclaimer` Disclaimer, required
    - `legal_effect` false, required
    - `source_guarantees_data` false, required
    - `bumit_derived_fields_present` boolean
    - `statement` string, required
    - `notices` string[]
  - `coverage_note` string
  - `meta` Meta
    - `service` string, required
    - `api_version` string, required
    - `trace_id` string, uuid, required
    - `generated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The search term is too short
- `501`: No authoritative source is configured
- `503`: The commercial register is unavailable

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