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# Retrieving thorough entity ownership structures

Retrieving the ownership structure of an entity is simple, and is available for manually-entered or automatically-detected directors, shareholders, universal beneficial owners, or others.

## Retrieving an entity's ownership structure

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/api-retrieve-ownership`

Once the entity has been verified, retrieve the ownership structure and information.

**Headers**

| Name          | Value                 |
| ------------- | --------------------- |
| Content-Type  | `multipart/form-data` |
| Authorization | `Bearer YOUR_TOKEN`   |

**Body**

| Name          | Type   | Description                                                                                |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `applicantId` | string | Unique applicantId generated on entity creation <mark style="color:red;">(required)</mark> |

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
  "ownershipInsight": {
    "verifiedEntity": {
      "name": "EXAMPLE HOLDINGS PTY LTD",
      "registrationNumber": "123456789",
      "totalCapital": 1000000,
      "registeredAddress": "1 Example Street, Sample City, ST, 0000"
    },
    "stakeholders": [
      {
        "applicantId": "null",
        "name": "JANE EXAMPLE",
        "uboType": "Individual",
        "detectedPositions": ["UBO", "Director", "Shareholder"],
        "inputtedPosition": "null",
        "address": "2 Sample Road, Sample City, ST, 0000",
        "registrationNumber": "null",
        "sharesHeldInVerifiedEntity": [500000],
        "typeOfSharesHeldInVerifiedEntity": ["ORD"],
        "percentageOfSharesHeldInVerifiedEntity": 50.0,
        "jointHolding": false,
        "isFirstLevelStakeholder": true,
        "stakeholders": []
      },
      {
        "applicantId": "1784178339854x158496588203819001",
        "name": "PARENT HOLDINGS LTD",
        "uboType": "Company",
        "detectedPositions": ["Shareholder"],
        "inputtedPosition": "Shareholder",
        "address": "3 Corporate Ave, Sample City, ST, 0000",
        "registrationNumber": "987654321",
        "sharesHeldInVerifiedEntity": [500000],
        "typeOfSharesHeldInVerifiedEntity": ["ORD"],
        "percentageOfSharesHeldInVerifiedEntity": 50.0,
        "jointHolding": false,
        "isFirstLevelStakeholder": true,
        "stakeholders": [
          {
            "name": "JOHN SAMPLE",
            "type": "Individual",
            "sharesHeldInParentEntity": [100],
            "typeOfSharesHeldInParentEntity": ["ORD"],
            "percentageOfSharesHeldInParentEntity": 100.0,
            "percentageOfSharesHeldIndirectlyInVerifiedEntity": 50.0,
            "jointHolding": false,
            "rolesHeldInParentEntity": ["Director", "Shareholder"]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```json
{
    "statusCode": 400,
    "message": "Error: incorrect applicantId provided"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

`detectedPositions` types are roles that we've automatically identified during verification.

`inputtedPosition` types are roles that the entity has manually entered, in the event of manual fallback.

{% hint style="info" %}
Note: The `applicantId` can be empty/null when the representative has been identified, but not yet verified. If applicable, once an applicant or entity has been created to verify the representative, manually or automatically in a flow, the `applicantId` will appear.
{% endhint %}

### Response properties

| Property           | Type   | Description                                                                               |
| ------------------ | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ownershipInsight` | object | Single wrapper object containing the entity being verified and its full stakeholder tree. |

| Property             | Type   | Description                                                                                                                      |
| -------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `verifiedEntity`     | object | The company that was verified (the root of the ownership tree).                                                                  |
| `name`               | string | Legal entity name.                                                                                                               |
| `registrationNumber` | string | Company registration number. Always a string, even though it's numeric (e.g. `"`<mark style="color:red;">`654135430`</mark>`"`). |
| `totalCapital`       | float  | The entity's capital.                                                                                                            |
| `registeredAddress`  | string | Full address as a single unstructured string, not split into fields.                                                             |

| Property                                 | Type           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `stakeholders[]`                         | array          | Every direct or indirect stakeholder of the verified entity — individuals and companies mixed in the same array, distinguished by <mark style="color:red;">`uboType`</mark>. Every stakeholder is unique (no two instances of the same stakeholder appear inside this array and it is capped at 2 levels — nested <mark style="color:red;">`stakeholders[]`</mark> entries do not themselves contain a further <mark style="color:red;">`stakeholders`</mark> array) |
| applicantId                              | string         | The unique ID of the <mark style="color:red;">verified</mark> applicant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `name`                                   | string         | Individual's full name or company name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `uboType`                                | string         | `"`<mark style="color:red;">`Individual`</mark>`"` \| `"`<mark style="color:red;">`Company`</mark>`"`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `detectedPositions`                      | array\<string> | Roles that we've automatically identified during verification. Can be <mark style="color:red;">`[]`</mark> (e.g. historical registry entries with no current role). Example values: <mark style="color:red;">`Director`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`Secretary`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`Shareholder`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`Managing Director`</mark>.                                                                                     |
| `inputedPosition`                        | string         | Role that the entity has manually entered.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `address`                                | string         | Full address string. Can be <mark style="color:red;">`""`</mark> (empty) when unavailable                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `registrationNumber`                     | string         | <mark style="color:red;">`"null"`</mark> for individuals; actual registration number (as string) for companies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `sharesHeldInVerifiedEntity`             | array\<float>  | The number of shares the stakeholder holds in the verified entity, one entry per share class. Can be <mark style="color:red;">`[]`</mark>. Length matches <mark style="color:red;">`typeOfSharesHeldInVerifiedEntity`</mark>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `typeOfSharesHeldInVerifiedEntity`       | array\<string> | Share class labels, positionally matched to <mark style="color:red;">`sharesHeldInVerifiedEntity`</mark>. Example values: <mark style="color:red;">`"A"`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`"B"`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`"ORD"`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`"Direct"`</mark> — varies by jurisdiction/source.                                                                                                                                         |
| `percentageOfSharesHeldInVerifiedEntity` | float          | Direct ownership % in verified entity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `jointHolding`                           | boolean        | Marks whether this stakeholder shares legal title to the same block of shares with other sibling stakeholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `isFirstLevelStakeholder`                | boolean        | Marks whether the stakeholder is a direct stakeholder of the verified entity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `stakeholders`                           | array\<object> | Nested stakeholders chain. <mark style="color:red;">`[]`</mark> for individuals; populated for companies that themselves have traceable owners/officers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

| Property                                           | Type           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| -------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `stakeholders[].stakeholders[]`                    | array          | <p><br>When a first-level stakeholder is a <mark style="color:red;"><code>Company</code></mark>, this array unpacks <em>its</em> shareholders, directors, and other roleholders (i.e. the next layer up/down the ownership chain). Some stakeholders may appear multiple times if they hold stakes in multiple entities.</p> |
| `name`                                             | string         | Name of the person/entity holding a stake in the parent stakeholder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `type`                                             | string         | `"`<mark style="color:red;">`Individual`</mark>`"` \| `"`<mark style="color:red;">`Company`</mark>`"`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `sharesHeldInParentEntity`                         | array\<float>  | Shares held in the ***parent stakeholder***, not the originally verified entity. Can be <mark style="color:red;">`[]`</mark> (e.g. for a Director/Managing Director with no shareholding).                                                                                                                                   |
| `typeOfSharesHeldInParentEntity`                   | array\<string> | Positionally matched to <mark style="color:red;">`sharesHeldInParentEntity`</mark>.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `percentageOfSharesHeldInParentEntity`             | float          | % owned of the parent stakeholder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `percentageOfSharesHeldIndirectlyInVerifiedEntity` | float          | Calculated indirect % ownership of the ***original verified entity***, flowed down through the parent. Available only for AU verified entities.                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `jointHolding`                                     | boolean        | Marks whether this stakeholder shares legal title to the same block of shares with other sibling stakeholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `rolesHeldInParentEntity`                          | array\<string> | Roles held in the parent stakeholder. Example values: <mark style="color:red;">`Director`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`Secretary`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`Shareholder`</mark>, <mark style="color:red;">`Managing Director`</mark>.                                                                           |


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