---
title: "Find an existing business to claim"
method: GET
path: "/v1/business-claim/candidates"
tags: ["Business Owner"]
---

# Find an existing business to claim

`GET /v1/business-claim/candidates`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://loppee.com`
- URL: `https://loppee.com/v1/business-claim/candidates`
- Auth: none declared

Resolves a business name against public Loppee Registry subjects before an ownership claim. Registry candidates show city/state and available public contact details; exact street addresses, postal codes and coordinates are withheld until owner-authorized publication. Published-profile candidates retain their authorized public address. City/state or ZIP input is optional neutral disambiguation only. Results are capped at six; payment, consumer radius, Sponsored placement, and impression accounting are excluded. Selecting a result grants no ownership—the authenticated claim action performs the separate proof step. Public, no key required.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required
- `city` string
- `state` string
- `zip` string
- `limit` number

## Response `200`

SearchResponse

- union
  - unknown
  - unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: ErrorResponse
- `429`: RateLimitError
- `default`: ErrorResponse

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents/revisions/37285f7cddcd?raw)