Need API for company data with historical records

If you need an API for company data with historical records, there are a few common options depending on what kind of company data you mean:

1) Company registry / firmographic history

For official company details and changes over time:

• OpenCorporates API — company registry data across many jurisdictions
• Companies House API — UK companies, filings, officer history, accounts
• SEC EDGAR API / data — US public companies, filings, historical financial reports

2) Financial market data with history

If you mean public company stock/financial history:

• Alpha Vantage — historical prices and fundamentals
• IEX Cloud — market data and fundamentals
• Polygon.io — equities, options, aggregates, historical data
• Financial Modeling Prep — historical financial statements, ratios, profiles

3) Business intelligence / enrichment

If you need company profile + historical changes in metadata:

• Clearbit / People Data Labs / Crunchbase API — enrichment, funding history, company profiles

4) Private company / ownership / corporate structure history

• OpenCorporates
• Orbis / Bureau van Dijk — strong ownership and historical entity data, usually enterprise-grade
• D&B Hoovers — firmographic and corporate linkage data

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Best fit depends on your use case

Reply with these 3 details and I can recommend the best API:

1. Country/region: US, UK, EU, global?
2. Data type: registry info, financials, stock prices, ownership, filings?
3. Need history of what: name changes, addresses, directors, annual filings, financial statements, ownership changes?

If you want, I can also give you:

• a shortlist by budget
• free vs paid APIs
• sample API requests
• or a comparison table.