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The API was replaced by the new /EU-start endpoint available in Company

To check the VAT number of any European company and obtain key information, discover the new services of Company

Deprecated starting from 2025-12-31

All the knowledge you need

Here you can find some advice to consider to approach this API. If you prefer, we provide code samples, OAS3 documentation, the ability to try the API live via the Swagger UI or import the entire collection into Postman. We also offer a Sandbox environment where you can experiment with all kinds of requests completely free of charge.

Useful tips to start with European Vat

Get the token in the appropriate section before you start.

Use the the online tool or generate it via API. Set the expire date, a usefull name and now add a bunch of scopes to limit the possible actions your token can do.
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Get company information on European companies by VAT number

Get company information with a single request using this endpoint:
/companies.
API docs by Redocly

European Vat (1.0.0)

URL: https://openapi.it/en/support License: Apache 2.0 Terms of Service

This service provides REST calls to extract information on european companies from simple parameters such as country code and VAT number

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Company Information

Starting from data of a company such as VAT number basic information on the company itself is extracted

Basic data

This endpoint returns basic information of a company such as company name and address.

Authorizations:
bearerAuth
path Parameters
country_code
required
string
Example: IT

company country code

vat
required
string
Example: 11xxxxx1009

VAT number of the company

Responses

Response Schema: application/json
object (Company)
success
boolean
message
string
error
integer

Request samples 

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://europeanvat.altravia.com/companies/%7Bcountry_code%7D/%7Bvat%7D");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer REPLACE_BEARER_TOKEN");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

Response samples

Content type
application/json
{
  • "data": {
    },
  • "success": true,
  • "message": "",
  • "error": null
}
Web Service Revision: 2.0.0