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Brazil Receita WS

Look up Brazilian companies by CNPJ

🏛 GovernmentNEWchecked 30 min ago
AUTH NONECORS ✗AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

ReceitaWS resolves a Brazilian company CNPJ into its registration status, legal name, trade name and business activities. The free keyless tier is heavily rate-limited but returns rich company records.

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Uptime history
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://www.receitaws.com.br/v1/cnpj/27865757000102

{
  "situacao": "ATIVA",
  "tipo": "MATRIZ",
  "nome": "GLOBO COMUNICACAO E PARTICIPACOES S/A",
  "porte": "DEMAIS",
  "natureza_juridica": "205-4 - Sociedade Anônima Fechada",
  "abertura": "31/01/1986"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www.receitaws.com.br/v1/cnpj/27865757000102"
const res = await fetch("https://www.receitaws.com.br/v1/cnpj/27865757000102");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.receitaws.com.br/v1/cnpj/27865757000102")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 6NewFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /v1/cnpj/27865757000102checked 30 min ago
GET/v1/cnpj/27865757000102PROBED

Look up Brazilian companies by CNPJ

GET/v1/cnpj

Cnpj — documented GET route.

GET/v1/cnpj/1

Cnpj details by ID (example: 1).

GET/v1

V1 — documented GET route.

GET/v1/1

V1 details by ID (example: 1).

GET/v1?limit=10

V1 — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Brazil Receita WS: common questions

Is Brazil Receita WS free to use?

Yes — Brazil Receita WS is a free government API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Brazil Receita WS need an API key?

No — Brazil Receita WS needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (3 req/window · 2 remaining).

Can I call Brazil Receita WS from the browser?

Not directly — Brazil Receita WS doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Brazil Receita WS up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Brazil Receita WS is new. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.