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# Verify Businesses in Zambia

> Look up Zambian companies by name or registration number. Get official business details for KYB and onboarding.

### Request

```http [GET] theme={null}
{{baseURL}}/api/v1/zm/kyb/business
```

### Header

| Header        | Type   | Description                                                                                         |
| ------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| AppId         | string | Create an app to get your app ID on dashboard [here](https://app.dojah.io/developers/configuration) |
| Authorization | string | Private/secret key. Use `<key>` not `Bearer <key>`                                                  |

### Query parameter

| Parameter      | Type   | Description     | Required |
| -------------- | ------ | --------------- | -------- |
| entity\_number | string | Business Number | required |
| entity\_name   | string | Business Name   | required |

### Sample response

```json Response theme={null}
{
    "entity": {
        "entity_name": "JOHN DOE INDUSTRIES LIMITED",
        "entity_type": "Local Company - Limited by Shares",
        "registration_number": "123456789091",
        "registration_date": "01/01/2021",
        "status": "Active",
        "nature_of_business": "Restaurants and mobile food service activities",
        "isic_classification": "5610. Restaurants and mobile food service activities",
        "isic_description": "Restaurants and mobile food service activities. This class includes the provision of food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them out or have them delivered. This includes the preparation and serving of meals for immediate consumption from motorized vehicles or non-motorized carts.\r\n\r\nThis class includes activities of:\r\n- restaurants\r\n- cafeterias\r\n- fast-food restaurants\r\n- pizza delivery\r\n- take-out eating places\r\n- ice cream truck vendors\r\n- mobile food carts\r\n- food preparation in market stalls\r\n\r\nThis class also includes:\r\n- restaurant and bar activities connected to transportation, when carried out by separate units"
    }
}
```

### Response Fields

| Field                       | Type   | Description                                                       |
| --------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| entity                      | object | Contains the business verification response data                  |
| entity.entity\_name         | string | Registered name of the business                                   |
| entity.entity\_type         | string | Type of business entity (e.g., Local Company - Limited by Shares) |
| entity.registration\_number | string | Business registration number                                      |
| entity.registration\_date   | string | Date of business registration in DD/MM/YYYY format                |
| entity.status               | string | Current status of the business (e.g., Active)                     |
| entity.nature\_of\_business | string | Primary business activity description                             |
| entity.isic\_classification | string | ISIC industry classification code and label                       |
| entity.isic\_description    | string | Detailed description of the ISIC classification                   |