Gov APIbusinessregistration.moc.gov.kh ↗
Search and retrieve company, partnership, and sole proprietorship records from Cambodia's official MoC business registry via a structured JSON API.
What is the Gov API?
This API provides access to Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce business registry across 4 endpoints, returning registration records for companies, partnerships, and sole proprietorships. The search_entity endpoint accepts a name or identifier query and returns paginated results including registration date, entity status, and bilingual entity names. The get_company_details endpoint adds director lists, registered addresses, incorporation date, and business objective for a specific entity.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/1e4d1a42-dc55-4c5a-b3ea-289a254fa495/search_entity?page=1&query=ADVANCE®ister=companies' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Typed, relational, agent-ready
A generated client with real types, enums, and the links between objects — the structure a flat JSON response can't carry. Autocompletes in your editor and reads cleanly to coding agents.
- Fully typed · autocompletes
- Objects link to objects
- Typed errors & pagination
Typed Python client. Set up the SDK in your uv project, then pull this API’s typed client:
uv add parse-sdk uv run parse init uv run parse add --marketplace businessregistration-moc-gov-kh-api
uv run parse add --marketplace pulls a pinned snapshot of this canonical API — it won’t change underneath you. To customize it, subscribe and swap to your own copy.
"""Walkthrough: Cambodia Business Registration API — search entities across registers, drill into details."""
from parse_apis.cambodia_business_registration_api import CambodiaRegistry, RegisterType, EntityNotFound
client = CambodiaRegistry()
# Search companies matching "ADVANCE" — limit caps total items fetched.
for summary in client.entitysummaries.search(query="ADVANCE", register=RegisterType.COMPANIES, limit=3):
print(summary.entity_name_english, summary.entity_identifier, summary.status, summary.registration_date)
# Search sole proprietorships register directly.
for sp in client.entitysummaries.search_sole_proprietorships(query="ADVANCE", limit=2):
print(sp.entity_name_english, sp.entity_type, sp.address)
# Drill into the first result's full details via navigation.
first = client.entitysummaries.search(query="ADVANCE", limit=1).first()
if first:
detail = first.details()
print(detail.entity_name_english, detail.status, detail.incorporation_date, detail.business_objective)
for addr in detail.addresses:
print(addr.type, addr.address)
for director in detail.directors:
print(director.name_english, director.telephone, director.is_chairman)
# Typed error handling: attempt to fetch a non-existent entity.
try:
client.entities.get(entity_identifier="99999999")
except EntityNotFound as exc:
print(f"Entity not found: {exc.entity_identifier}")
print("exercised: search / search_sole_proprietorships / details / entities.get / EntityNotFound")
Search for registered business entities (companies, partnerships, sole proprietorships) by name or identifier. Returns paginated results with entity details including registration date, status, type, and address. Each page returns up to 10 results.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| page | integer | Page number for pagination. |
| queryrequired | string | Search query - entity name or identifier to search for. |
| register | string | Register type to search within. Accepted values: companies, partnerships, soleproprietorships. |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"total": "integer total number of matching results",
"results": "array of entity summary objects"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"total": 110,
"results": [
{
"status": "Registered",
"address": "Phum 5, Tuol Tumpung Muoy, Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, 12310, Cambodia",
"entity_type": "Private Limited Company",
"detail_node_id": "W116",
"entity_identifier": "00057839",
"entity_name_khmer": "អេតវ៉ានស៍",
"registration_date": "30-Mar-2021",
"entity_name_english": "ADVANCE ADVISORY & TAX CO., LTD."
}
]
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the Gov API
What the API covers
The API surfaces data from the Kingdom of Cambodia Business Registration portal maintained by the Ministry of Commerce (MoC). It covers three register types — companies, partnerships, and sole proprietorships — accessible through a unified search interface or through register-specific endpoints. Every search result includes entity_name_english, entity_name_khmer, entity_identifier, status, registration_date, entity_type, and address data. Pagination is supported via the page parameter on search_entity.
Searching the registry
search_entity is the general-purpose endpoint. Pass a query string (entity name or identifier) and optionally a register value (companies, partnerships, or soleproprietorships) to narrow results. search_partnerships and search_sole_proprietorships are dedicated shortcuts that target those registers directly without needing the register parameter. All three search endpoints return the same response shape: a total count and a results array of entity objects.
Company detail records
get_company_details requires a detail_node_id obtained from a prior search result. It returns a fuller record: incorporation_date, main_business_activity, business_objective, entity_name_english, entity_name_khmer, entity_identifier, status, an addresses array, and a directors array. This endpoint is specific to companies — it does not apply to partnerships or sole proprietorships in the current API.
The Gov API is a managed, monitored endpoint for businessregistration.moc.gov.kh — not a raw scraper you maintain. Every endpoint is automatically health-checked on a schedule, and when businessregistration.moc.gov.kh changes and a check fails, the API is automatically queued for repair and re-verified. It is built to keep working as the site underneath it changes.
This isn't an official businessregistration.moc.gov.kh API — it's an independent, maintained REST wrapper over public data. Where the source has no official API (or only a limited one), Parse gives you a stable contract over a source that never promised one, and keeps it current. Need a new endpoint or field? You can revise it yourself in plain English and the agent rebuilds it against the live site in minutes — contributing the change back to the shared API is free.
Will this API break when the source site changes?+
Is this an official API from the source site?+
Can I fix or extend this API myself if I need a new endpoint or field?+
What happens if I call an endpoint that has an issue?+
- Verify a Cambodian company's legal status and registration date before entering a contract
- Retrieve director names and registered addresses for due diligence on a local business partner
- Check whether a sole proprietorship or partnership is active using entity status fields
- Build a business intelligence dataset of registered entities using paginated search results
- Cross-reference an entity identifier against the official registry to confirm legitimacy
- Identify the main business activity and business objective of a registered company
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 100 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does the Cambodia MoC Business Registration portal have an official developer API?+
What does `get_company_details` return that the search endpoints do not?+
get_company_details returns fields not present in search results: directors (an array of director objects), addresses (a structured array), incorporation_date, business_objective, and main_business_activity. You need the detail_node_id from a search result to call it.Does the API return detail records for partnerships and sole proprietorships, not just companies?+
get_company_details) applies to companies. Partnerships and sole proprietorships can be searched and their summary fields retrieved, but a full detail view for those entity types is not currently exposed. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add a detail endpoint for partnerships or sole proprietorships.Is historical registration data or change history available through the API?+
status, registration_date, and incorporation_date, but does not expose a changelog or historical snapshots. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add a history endpoint if the underlying source exposes that data.How does pagination work in search results?+
search_entity endpoint accepts an integer page parameter for pagination. The response includes a total field indicating the full count of matching records, which you can use to calculate the number of pages to iterate. The register-specific endpoints (search_partnerships, search_sole_proprietorships) do not currently expose a page parameter.