Brazil Receita WS

About Brazil Receita WS

ReceitaWS is an API that provides data from Brazil's Receita Federal (federal revenue service) based on CNPJ (company registration number) lookups. Queries return JSON records including company name, trade name, registration status, opening date, legal nature, primary and secondary business activities, address, phone, email, share capital, and Simples/SIMEI tax regime status. The provider states its database covers over 68 million CNPJs and handles more than 5 million queries per day.

The service is aimed at developers and data teams building customer registration forms, sales-channel validation (e.g., automatic CNPJ validation in chat or checkout flows), credit and collections analysis, customer database enrichment, and fraud-risk reduction. It offers a free tier (3 requests/minute, 130,000 database queries/month, no real-time queries) alongside paid tiers named Bronze, Prata, Ouro, Esmeralda, and Diamante, which scale up rate limits, monthly database query volume, and monthly real-time query allowances; the top tier adds unlimited rate limits, dedicated queues, and priority support. A GitHub repository and community tutorials are referenced as supporting resources.

Key features

• Real-time lookup of Brazilian company data (CNPJ) from Receita Federal
• Returns company registration status, address, activities, and legal nature in JSON
• Free tier with 130,000 database queries per month
• Paid plans with higher rate limits and real-time query quotas
• Covers over 68 million CNPJ records with 99.9% uptime

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