The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) ensures the operational integrity of the Global LEI System and manages a network of LEI issuers worldwide.
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Lists GLEIF Registration Authorities List ISO 20275: Entity Legal Forms Code List ISO 5009: Official Organizational Roles Code List GLEIF Accepted Legal Jurisdictions Code List LEI Namespace Semantic Representation of the LEI LEI Model in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) LEI Model in RDF (Resource Description Framework) Email Notifications on Technical Updates News & Media GLEIF and LEI News Subscribe to GLEIF Newsletter GLEIF Blog GLEIF Blogging Policy GLEIF Videos & Podcasts Press Releases Information for Media GLEIF Graphics & Images Featured Events Your Event on GLEIF Website: Terms and Conditions Past GLEIF Events Global vLEI Hackathon 2025 ••• العربية (AR) Deutsch (DE) English (EN) Español (ES) Français (FR) Bahasa Indonesia (ID) Italiano (IT) 日本語 (JA) 한국어 (KO) Polski (PL) Português (PT) Русский (RU) Türkçe (TR) 中文(普通话) (ZH) Follow us: Follow us: GlobalLEIFoundation LEI Search Site Search GLEIF This is GLEIF 10 Years of GLEIF Vision & Mission Values The Global LEI System GLEIF Services GLEIF Service Catalog Service Reports Service Availability Dashboard ISO 20000 Certification Open Data Open Source GLEIF Engagement Organization and Committee Engagement GLEIF Partners Program Program Members Partner Solutions GLEIF vLEI Technical Advisory Board Management Governance Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regulatory Oversight Committee ROC Observers GLEIF Board Board Committees Board Minutes Call for Applications for the Board of Directors Statutes, Bylaws & Policies Annual Report History Organizational Identity Overview Call for Papers: The Digital Policy Trilemma LEI & vLEI The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) The LEI in Digital Certificates The verifiable LEI (vLEI) LEI Index Get an LEI/vLEI Get an LEI Get a vLEI Become an LEI Issuer Accreditation Process Current Candidates Required Documents Lifecycle of an LEI Issuer Become a vLEI Issuer vLEI Issuer Qualification Program vLEI Ecosystem Governance Framework Required Documents Lifecycle of a vLEI Issuer Registration Agents Solutions Overview Business Identity as a Global Public Good Featuring the LEI Cross-Border Payments Global Value Chains Sustainability Reporting and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Meets LEI Digital Assets Validation Agents GLEIF eBook: Introducing the LEI Validation Agent GLEIF eBook: How to Become a Validation Agent LEI in Regulations GLEIF and Data Foundation: Comprehensive Entity ID for U.S. Federal Government Consultation Responses LEI Data LEI Data: Access & Use Level 1 Data: Who is Who ROC Policy on Level 1 Data Level 1 Data: LEI-CDF Format 3.1 Level 2 Data: Who Owns Whom ROC Policy on Level 2 Data Level 2 Data: Relationship Record (RR) CDF Format 2.1 Level 2 Data: Reporting Exceptions Format 2.1 Supporting Documents Previous Versions Policy Conformity Flag GLEIF Data Dictionary Global LEI Index LEI Statistics Download Global LEI System Business Reports Global LEI System Business Reports Archive LEI Search About LEI Search How to use LEI Search LEI Map Viewer GLEIF Concatenated Files About the Concatenated Files Download the Concatenated Files LEI Issuers: Original Sources LEI Issuers: Historical Files GLEIF Golden Copy and Delta Files Download the GLEIF Golden Copy and Delta Files GLEIF API LEI Mapping Download BIC-to-LEI Relationship Files Download ISIN-to-LEI Relationship Files Download MIC-to-LEI Relationship Files S&P CIQ Company ID-to-LEI Relationship Download OpenCorporates ID-to-LEI Relationship Files Open Ownership Register ID-to-LEI relationship Download QCC Code-to-LEI Relationship Files Download GEM Entity ID-to-LEI Relationship Files GLEIF Certification Process LEI Linking to Registration Authorities GLEIF Data Quality Management Proactive Management XML Schema Data Quality Checks Details Data Quality Dashboard Data Quality Reports Additional Data Quality Reports Challenge LEI and vLEI Data Downloads Code Lists GLEIF Registration Authorities List ISO 20275: Entity Legal Forms Code List ISO 5009: Official Organizational Roles Code List GLEIF Accepted Legal Jurisdictions Code List LEI Namespace Semantic Representation of the LEI LEI Model in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) LEI Model in RDF (Resource Description Framework) Email Notifications on Technical Updates News & Media GLEIF and LEI News Subscribe to GLEIF Newsletter GLEIF Blog GLEIF Blogging Policy GLEIF Videos & Podcasts Press Releases Information for Media GLEIF Graphics & Images Featured Events Your Event on GLEIF Website: Terms and Conditions Past GLEIF Events Global vLEI Hackathon 2025 Contact Contact Information Career Opportunities Americas vLEI Developer (m/f/d) Asia vLEI Developer (m/f/d) Europe Process Manager ITIL (m/f/d) vLEI Developer (m/f/d) Senior Financial Accountant (m/f/d) System Administrator / IT-Security Engineer (m/f/d) Junior Intranet Administrator (m/f/d) Feedback ITSM 707855 GLEIF – Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation We enable smarter, less costly and more reliable decisions about who to do business with GLEIF AI Learn how Newsletter Legal Entity Identifier Services by GLEIF LEI Search The Global LEI Index is the only global online source for open, standardized and high quality legal entity reference data. Any interested party can easily access and search the complete Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) data pool using the web-based search tool developed by GLEIF. Use Search LEI Statistics GLEIF makes available key facts, figures and statistics on the global LEI population via interactive graphs and a world map drill down. Get insight at a glance on data such as the total number of LEIs issued to date or the number of LEIs issued in individual countries. View statistics LEI Challenge The GLEIF central challenge facility is available for LEI Search and provides any interested party with the opportunity to trigger the verification and, where required, speedy update of LEI records including related relationship information. Challenge data GLEIF Video on LEI Watch LEI System Business Report Download Data Quality Report Download Concatenated Files Download Golden Copy & Delta Files Download GLEIF API Access Data on Who Owns Whom Learn more LEI Mapping Files Download Code Lists Download Accreditation Program Apply now Get an LEI Find business partner View all services The governance of digital identity needs better answers. Help shape them. GLEIF has launched a Call for Papers inviting economists, legal experts, policymakers, and technologists to tackle one of the defining questions in digital public infrastructure: how to balance interoperability, sovereignty, and innovation. Proposals are open until June 21, 2026. Submit your proposal The LEI in cross-border payments When the LEI is added as a data attribute in cross-border payment messages, any originator or beneficiary can be precisely and instantly identified. This makes the payment process faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive. Find out more One global identity behind every business GLEIF Mission GLEIF manages a network of partners, the LEI issuing organizations, to provide trusted services and open, reliable data for unique legal entity identification worldwide. GLEIF services ensure the operational integrity of the Global LEI System. Read more Our Vision GLEIF believes that each business worldwide should have only one global identity. This identity should include a digital identity. Having an LEI will help to achieve this objective. Taking advantage of the Global LEI Index empowers market participants to cut costs, simplify and accelerate operations and gain deeper insight into the global market place. Read more Governance Structure The LEI initiative is driven by the Group of 20 and the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Created by the FSB in 2014, GLEIF is a supra-national, not-for-profit organization tasked to manage the only open, non-proprietary legal entity identification system designed as a public good. Read more GLEIF Activities and News GLEIF Data Quality Reports Date: 2026-08-07 Latest LEI Data Quality Reports Published Read more GLEIF Blog Date: 2026-08-13 Why Digital Asset Markets Need Trusted Organizational Identity for Reusable Compliance Regulated digital asset markets will not scale while every counterparty has to run and re-run the same identity and compliance checks. The fix is proving compliance once against a trusted root of identity – and reus…