Offline company name search for large result sets

Run an overnight ASIC offline company name search to retrieve every matching company and business name when an online search exceeds the 100 result limit.

Offline company name search

An online company name search is capped by ASIC at 100 names. When a name is common, or when you need every organisation containing particular words (for example every company with "MINING" and "METALS" in its name), submit an offline search instead. ASIC runs offline searches in an overnight batch and produces a complete list of matching names, with no cap. An offline search is an asynchronous order: asicapi accepts the request with HTTP 202 and bills it at that moment, returns an offlineSearch object in status pending, and you either poll it or wait for the offline_search.ready webhook before fetching the results, which are also delivered by email if you ask for that.

POSThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/search/offline

GEThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/search/offline/{id}

Request body

Prop

Type

Example request

Request

curl https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/search/offline \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 4f1c9a3e-offline-eastern-mining" \
  -d '{
    "words": ["EASTERN", "MINING", "METALS"],
    "q": "EASTERN MINING AND METALS",
    "scope": "registered-companies",
    "minScore": 70,
    "delivery": {
      "method": "email",
      "email": "compliance@example.com.au",
      "contactName": "Jane Smith",
      "contactPhone": "03 9000 0000"
    }
  }'

Example response

The request is acknowledged with HTTP 202 and billed at that point. Nothing is searched yet.

Response

{
  "object": "offlineSearch",
  "id": "ofs_01J8ZM2K9T4R7V",
  "status": "pending",
  "query": {
    "q": "EASTERN MINING AND METALS",
    "words": ["EASTERN", "MINING", "METALS"],
    "scope": "registered-companies",
    "minScore": 70,
    "demoteFormerNames": false,
    "maxResults": null,
    "jurisdiction": { "code": "ASIC", "label": "Australian Securities and Investments Commission" },
    "subject": "ofs_01J8ZM2K9T4R7V"
  },
  "delivery": {
    "method": "email",
    "email": "compliance@example.com.au",
    "contactName": "Jane Smith",
    "contactPhone": "03 9000 0000",
    "deliveredAt": null
  },
  "results": null,
  "asicRequestId": "2210874",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-04T03:12:44Z",
  "estimatedReadyAt": "2026-09-05T00:30:00Z",
  "readyAt": null,
  "meta": { "billable": true, "product": "name_search", "requestId": "req_01J8ZM2K9T4R7W" }
}

Fetching the results

Poll GET /v1/companies/search/offline/{id}, or wait for the offline_search.ready webhook. When status is ready or delivered, results contains the full list. Use limit and cursor query parameters to page through it. Fetching results is free and can be repeated; the search is billed once, when it is accepted.

Request

curl "https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/companies/search/offline/ofs_01J8ZM2K9T4R7V?limit=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Response

{
  "object": "offlineSearch",
  "id": "ofs_01J8ZM2K9T4R7V",
  "status": "delivered",
  "query": {
    "q": "EASTERN MINING AND METALS",
    "words": ["EASTERN", "MINING", "METALS"],
    "scope": "registered-companies",
    "minScore": 70,
    "demoteFormerNames": false,
    "maxResults": null,
    "jurisdiction": { "code": "ASIC", "label": "Australian Securities and Investments Commission" },
    "subject": "ofs_01J8ZM2K9T4R7V"
  },
  "delivery": {
    "method": "email",
    "email": "compliance@example.com.au",
    "contactName": "Jane Smith",
    "contactPhone": "03 9000 0000",
    "deliveredAt": "2026-09-05T00:41:09Z"
  },
  "results": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [
      {
        "object": "companyMatch",
        "name": "EASTERN MINING AND METALS COMPANY PTY LTD",
        "isFormerName": false,
        "score": 96,
        "company": {
          "acn": "004249987",
          "formatted": "004 249 987",
          "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
          "name": "EASTERN MINING AND METALS COMPANY PTY LTD",
          "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
          "status": { "code": "REGD", "label": "Registered" },
          "abn": null,
          "registeredCharity": false
        },
        "stateNumber": null,
        "asicIdentifier": null,
        "registrationDate": null,
        "reviewDate": null,
        "state": { "code": "WA", "label": "Western Australia" },
        "controllingJurisdiction": { "code": "ASIC", "label": "Australian Securities and Investments Commission" },
        "partialAddress": null
      },
      {
        "object": "companyMatch",
        "name": "EASTERN SCRAP METALS AND MINING PTY LTD",
        "isFormerName": false,
        "score": 0,
        "company": {
          "acn": "001000004",
          "formatted": "001 000 004",
          "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
          "name": "EASTERN SCRAP METALS AND MINING PTY LTD",
          "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
          "status": { "code": "REGD", "label": "Registered" },
          "abn": null,
          "registeredCharity": false
        },
        "stateNumber": null,
        "asicIdentifier": null,
        "registrationDate": null,
        "reviewDate": null,
        "state": { "code": "NSW", "label": "New South Wales" },
        "controllingJurisdiction": { "code": "ASIC", "label": "Australian Securities and Investments Commission" },
        "partialAddress": null
      }
    ],
    "hasMore": true,
    "nextCursor": "eyJvZmZzZXQiOjJ9",
    "totalCount": 317,
    "waiverToken": null
  },
  "asicRequestId": "2210874",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-04T03:12:44Z",
  "estimatedReadyAt": "2026-09-05T00:30:00Z",
  "readyAt": "2026-09-05T00:38:51Z",
  "meta": { "billable": false, "product": null, "requestId": "req_01J8ZP0C1D5E8F" }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `offlineSearch`.
`id`	string	Identifier of the offline search, prefixed `ofs_`. Also appears as an order of type `offline_search` in `GET /v1/orders`.
`status`	string	`pending` (accepted and billed, waiting for ASIC's overnight run), `processing` (ASIC is running it), `ready` (results available from this endpoint), `delivered` (results also emailed or posted to your webhook) or `failed`.
`query`	object	The normalised search criteria as accepted.
`query.q`	string or null	The fuzzy match name, if supplied.
`query.words`	string[] or null	The word match values, if supplied. Duplicate words are removed.
`query.scope`	string	The scope searched.
`query.minScore`	integer	The minimum score applied to fuzzy matches, never below 60.
`query.demoteFormerNames`	boolean	Whether exact former name matches were reduced to 99.
`query.maxResults`	integer or null	Result cap, or `null` for no cap.
`query.jurisdiction`	code	Jurisdiction searched.
`query.subject`	string	Subject used for the delivery email.
`delivery.method`	string	`email` or `webhook`.
`delivery.email`	string or null	Recipient address for email delivery.
`delivery.contactName`	string	Contact name given to ASIC.
`delivery.contactPhone`	string	Contact phone given to ASIC.
`delivery.deliveredAt`	timestamp or null	When the results were emailed or the webhook was acknowledged.
`results`	list or null	`null` until `status` is `ready` or `delivered`. Then a standard list of `companyMatch` items in score then name order.
`results.data[]`	companyMatch[]	Same shape as online search results. For word-only matches `score` is `0`. For former names and name reservations ASIC does not supply `company.status`, `state`, `stateNumber` or `controllingJurisdiction`; fetch the current values with an online search. `registrationDate`, `reviewDate`, `abn` and `partialAddress` are not part of the offline result file and are always `null`.
`results.hasMore`	boolean	Whether more pages of results exist.
`results.nextCursor`	string or null	Cursor for the next page.
`results.totalCount`	integer	Total number of names in the result file.
`results.waiverToken`	string or null	Present when the search was billable by a state or territory jurisdiction. Pass it as `waiverToken` in the body of `POST /v1/companies/{id}/extracts` when purchasing an extract for one of the results. Single use, valid for 30 days from `readyAt`. `null` for ASIC jurisdiction searches.
`asicRequestId`	string	ASIC's receipt reference for the overnight request. Quote it when raising a delivery problem with ASIC.
`createdAt`	timestamp	When the request was accepted.
`estimatedReadyAt`	timestamp	Expected completion, normally early the following morning Australian Eastern time.
`readyAt`	timestamp or null	When ASIC returned the result file.
`meta.billable`	boolean	`true` on the 202 response: ASIC bills an offline search when it is accepted, like every other order. Fetching results is not billable.
`meta.product`	string or null	`name_search` on the 202 response.
`meta.requestId`	string	Request identifier.

Errors

Code	HTTP	When it occurs
`search_scope_invalid`	400	`scope` is not a recognised value.
`validation_error`	422	Neither `q` nor `words` supplied, more than 3 words, a word longer than 30 characters, or no qualifying word (every word is a single character, `THE`, `AND`, or a number).
`delivery_invalid`	400	`delivery.method` is not `email` or `webhook`, an email delivery has no valid `delivery.email`, or the email address breaks ASIC's format rules. Also returned when `method` is `webhook` and no webhook endpoint is configured in the dashboard.
`product_unavailable_in_jurisdiction`	403	The jurisdiction does not offer offline search.
`order_not_found`	404	The `{id}` on the GET request does not exist.
`order_owner_mismatch`	403	The offline search belongs to a different account.
`idempotency_conflict`	409	The `Idempotency-Key` was reused with a different body.
`unauthorized`	401	Missing or invalid API key.
`rate_limited`	429	Rate limit exceeded.
`asic_unavailable`	503	ASIC could not accept the request.

Notes from the ASIC register

Overnight processing. The 202 response is only an acknowledgement. ASIC processes offline searches in a single overnight batch, so results submitted during the day are normally available the next morning.
Different engine, different counts. The offline search works completely differently to the online search, so results may differ. The online totalCount is a potential count that may include former names of deregistered companies, multiple former name records or duplicates; the offline search lists each organisation once.
Word matching. All supplied words must appear somewhere in the name, in any order. Because spaces have no meaning under the Corporations Act, words are also compared against adjacent pairs of words joined together and against the whole name with spaces removed. To find only names containing EASTERN MINING as a phrase, supply EASTERN MINING as a single word.
Numbers. A word that is a number, or starts with a number, is ignored on its own. 57 alone returns nothing; 57 with VARIETIES works but only finds 57 VARIETIES, not FIFTY SEVEN VARIETIES. Search both spellings if you need both.
Plurals. Singular and plural forms are legally the same name. Supply the plural form (for example KNIVES) if you want both singular and plural matches, especially where the plural ends in ES.
Common words. Requesting a word such as COMPANY produces an enormous and useless result file. Repeating the same word has no effect.
Combined criteria. When both q and words are supplied, a name selected by both is given the fuzzy score (or 0 if that score is below minScore). Results are sorted by score then name, so fuzzy matches (scored 60 or more) appear before word-only matches (scored 0).
Delivery limits. Contact details are passed to ASIC so it can reach you if the result file exceeds physical email limits. In that case the results remain available from the GET endpoint.
Billing. ASIC bills the offline search when the request is accepted, not when the results arrive or when you fetch them. For state jurisdictions that charge for name searches, results.waiverToken can be passed to POST /v1/companies/{id}/extracts to refund the search fee against an extract purchase, in the same way as an online search.

Offline company name search for large result sets