Sample - Plaid API
POST/business_verification/get

Get a business verification

Retrieves the current state of a specific business verification. Provide business_verification_id to identify the verification and inspect its status, search terms, and verification results. The response includes business identity, risk, and digital presence checks.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

3 body fields

Request data for retrieving a business verification.

business_verification_idstringrequired
ID of the associated business verification.
secretstringoptional
Your Plaid API `secret`. The `secret` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-SECRET` header or as part of a request body.
client_idstringoptional
Your Plaid API `client_id`. The `client_id` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-CLIENT-ID` header or as part of a request body.

1 status code
200Returns the business verification record, including its identifier, timestamps, overall status, search terms, KYB results, risk assessment, digital presence results, request identifier, and shareable URL.
idstringrequired
ID of the associated business verification.
client_user_idstringrequired
A unique ID that identifies the end user in your system. Either a `user_id` or the `client_user_id` must be provided. This ID can also be used to associate user-specific data from other Plaid products. Financial Account Matching requires this field and the `/link/token/create` `client_user_id` to be consistent. Personally identifiable information, such as an email address or phone number, should not be used in the `client_user_id`.
created_atstringrequired
An ISO8601 formatted timestamp.
completed_atstringrequired
An ISO8601 formatted timestamp.
redacted_atstringrequired
An ISO8601 formatted timestamp.
statusstringrequired
Status of the overall business verification
Allowed:activesuccessfailed
search_termsobjectrequired
The business information that was used to perform the verification search
kyb_checkobjectrequired
Results from the KYB (Know Your Business) identity verification check
risk_checkobjectrequired
Results from the business risk assessment check
digital_presence_checkobjectrequired
Results from the digital presence check.
request_idstringrequired
A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.
shareable_urlstringrequired
A shareable URL that can be sent directly to the user to complete verification

Error handling

business_verification_id is required and must use the documented cognito_id format. The identifier must refer to the business verification whose current state you want to retrieve.