Does this CNPJ exist in the official Receita Federal registry, and is it active?
Does this CNPJ exist in the official Receita Federal registry, and is it active? Returns existence, registration status (situacao_cadastral: Ativa=active, Suspensa=suspended, Baixada=closed) with date, headquarters/branch flag and state. Cheapest paid check in the catalog: digit arithmetic alone cannot tell a well-formed number from a real, active company. Free sample, no payment: https://api.brazilayer.com/v1/cnpj/amostra
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
996 msmedian answer time
$0.001listed price per call
$0.001price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://api.brazilayer.com/v1/cnpj/situacao/:cnpj
| Category | Company and compliance |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.brazilayer.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 9 from 4 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.001 | 996 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"pathParams": {
"cnpj": "00000000000191"
},
"queryParams": {},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"pathParams": {
"cnpj": {
"description": "Brazilian company tax ID (CNPJ), 14 digits, with or without punctuation (e.g. 00000000000191 or 00.000.000/0001-91)",
"type": "string"
},
"type": "object"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}