---
title: "Get business"
method: GET
path: "/v1/platform/businesses/{business_id}/"
tags: ["Business Management"]
---

# Get business

`GET /v1/platform/businesses/{business_id}/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://docs.thredfi.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://docs.thredfi.com/v1/platform/businesses/{business_id}/`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer

Retrieve details of a specific business

## Path parameters

- `business_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

- Business: Full business serializer for list and detail views
  - `id` string, uuid, required: Unique identifier for the business
  - `external_id` string: Your unique identifier for this business
  - `legal_name` string, required: Legal registered name of the business
  - `name` string: Display name for the business (defaults to legal_name)
  - `entity_type` string: Business entity type (e.g., 'limited', 'gmbh', 'bv')
  - `phone_number` string: Business phone number
  - `tin` string: Tax identification number (other than VAT)
  - `vat_number` string: EU VAT registration number
  - `company_number` string: Company registration number (e.g., Companies House number for UK)
  - `country` string, required: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., GB, DE, NL, MY, SG)
  - `province` string: Province or state within the country
  - `eu_nace_industry_code` string: European NACE industry classification code
  - `email` string, email, required: Primary email address for the business
  - `base_currency` string, required: Base currency for accounting (ISO 4217 code)
  - `accounting_method` string, required: Accounting method: 'cash' or 'accrual'
  - `fiscal_year_end` string, date, required: Fiscal year end date
  - `activation_at` string, date-time, required: Date and time when the business was activated
  - `is_active` boolean, required: Whether the business is active (false if archived)
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required: Date and time when the business was created
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: Date and time when the business was last updated
  - `metadata` unknown

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