---
id: "opencorporatesid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["companies"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 70
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/opencorporatesid"
---

# Open Corporates ID (`opencorporatesid`)

Identifier for a corporation, in the OpenCorporates database. Format: country prefix, optional subnational entity abbrevation, "/", alphanumeric idid: oid

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Companies/business/organizations (companies)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[a-z]{2}(_[a-z]{2})?/[a-zA-ZÖÜÄ0-9\-_]*[0-9A-Za-f]
```

## Examples

- `gb/SC129785` — Devro
- `mx/2682534` — Mexican Red Cross

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P1320`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCorporates>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1320>

## Quality

Score 70/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/opencorporatesid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/companies/opencorporatesid.yaml>