List a person's shareholdings in Australian companies

List the shares a person holds in Australian proprietary companies as recorded by ASIC, with share class, number held, paid-up status and the issuing company.

Proprietary companies must report their members to ASIC, and ASIC records the twenty largest holders in each share class on the register. A person's shareholdings are the other side of that record: every company in which the person is listed as a member, with the share class, the number of shares, whether they are held beneficially and whether they are fully paid. This is how you discover a person's ownership interests in private companies for beneficial ownership, KYC and related-party checks. The endpoint reads from the most recent person extract you hold that was purchased with includeShareholdings: true and is free; the extract is bought once with POST /v1/people/extracts, as explained in the purchasing guide.

GEThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/people/{personId}/shareholdings

curl "https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/people/prs_8f3k2m9q/shareholdings?status=all" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "extract": {
    "id": "ext_01J9AG8K1L4M7N2P",
    "type": "historical",
    "purchasedAt": "2026-09-04T03:12:44Z",
    "asOf": "2026-09-04T03:12:41Z"
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "shareholding",
      "classCode": "ORD",
      "numberHeld": 500,
      "beneficiallyOwned": true,
      "fullyPaid": true,
      "status": { "code": "C", "label": "Current" },
      "jointHolding": false,
      "company": {
        "acn": "004085616",
        "formatted": "004 085 616",
        "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
        "name": "ACME WIDGETS PTY LTD",
        "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
        "status": { "code": "REGD", "label": "Registered" },
        "abn": "53004085616",
        "registeredCharity": false
      },
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": "UNIT 7",
        "street": "45 STATION STREET",
        "locality": "HAWTHORN",
        "state": "VIC",
        "postcode": "3122",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      },
      "sourceDocument": { "documentNumber": "0E5123456", "qualifier": null }
    },
    {
      "object": "shareholding",
      "classCode": "A",
      "numberHeld": 1200,
      "beneficiallyOwned": false,
      "fullyPaid": true,
      "status": { "code": "C", "label": "Current" },
      "jointHolding": true,
      "company": {
        "acn": "001000004",
        "formatted": "001 000 004",
        "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
        "name": "BLUE HARBOUR HOLDINGS PTY LTD",
        "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
        "status": { "code": "REGD", "label": "Registered" },
        "abn": "71001000004",
        "registeredCharity": false
      },
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": null,
        "street": "18 BEACH ROAD",
        "locality": "MANLY",
        "state": "NSW",
        "postcode": "2095",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      },
      "sourceDocument": { "documentNumber": "6E2233445", "qualifier": "AR 2011" }
    },
    {
      "object": "shareholding",
      "classCode": "ORD",
      "numberHeld": 100,
      "beneficiallyOwned": true,
      "fullyPaid": false,
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "jointHolding": false,
      "company": {
        "acn": "004249987",
        "formatted": "004 249 987",
        "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
        "name": "SOUTHERN CROSS LOGISTICS PTY LTD",
        "type": { "code": "APTY", "label": "Australian Proprietary Company" },
        "status": { "code": "EXAD", "label": "** Under External Administration And/Or Controller Appointed **" },
        "abn": "38004249987",
        "registeredCharity": false
      },
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": null,
        "street": "18 BEACH ROAD",
        "locality": "MANLY",
        "state": "NSW",
        "postcode": "2095",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      },
      "sourceDocument": { "documentNumber": "2E7788990", "qualifier": null }
    }
  ],
  "hasMore": false,
  "nextCursor": null,
  "totalCount": 3,
  "meta": {
    "billable": false,
    "product": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J9AE2B7C3D8E4F"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `list`.
`extract`	object	The extract the holdings were read from: `id`, `type` (`current` or `historical`), `purchasedAt`, `asOf`.
`data[]`	array	Shareholding records for the person.
`data[].object`	string	Always `shareholding`.
`data[].classCode`	string	Share class code as the issuing company reports it, for example `ORD`, `A`, `PREF`. Class titles are on the company's share capital.
`data[].numberHeld`	integer	Number of shares of that class held.
`data[].beneficiallyOwned`	boolean or null	Whether the shares are held beneficially. `null` when the company did not report it.
`data[].fullyPaid`	boolean or null	Whether the shares are fully paid. `null` when not reported.
`data[].status`	code	`C` current or `E` ceased. Ceased holdings appear only with `status=former` or `status=all`, read from a historical extract.
`data[].jointHolding`	boolean	`true` when the shares are held jointly with one or more other members.
`data[].company`	object	Summary of the issuing company: `acn`, `formatted`, `numberType`, `name`, `type`, `status`, `abn`, `registeredCharity`.
`data[].address`	object or null	Member address as reported by the company.
`data[].sourceDocument`	object or null	The document that last changed the holding; `qualifier` is set for annual returns (`AR 2011`) and financial reports (`FR 2011`).
`hasMore`	boolean	Whether another page exists.
`nextCursor`	string or null	Cursor for the next page. See pagination.
`totalCount`	integer	Total holdings matching the filter.
`meta`	object	Reads are free: `billable` is `false` and `product` is `null`.

Errors

Code	HTTP status	When
`extract_required`	402	You hold no person extract for this person that includes shareholdings, or you asked for ceased holdings and hold only a current one. `details.purchase` carries the POST body that would satisfy the request, with `includeShareholdings: true` and, where needed, `history: true`.
`extract_not_found`	404	The `extract` query parameter names an extract that does not exist, belongs to another person or is not a person extract.
`extract_expired`	410	The extract is more than 12 months old. Purchase again.
`extract_owner_mismatch`	403	The extract named by `extract` was purchased under a different account.
`person_not_found`	404	The person id is malformed or was never returned by a search under your account.
`validation_error`	422	`status` is not one of `current`, `former`, `all`; `extract` is malformed; or `limit` is out of range.

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "type": "extract_required_error",
    "code": "extract_required",
    "message": "Shareholdings are only included in a person extract purchased with includeShareholdings. Purchase one with POST /v1/people/extracts.",
    "param": null,
    "asicCode": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J9AE2B7C3D8E4F",
    "docUrl": "https://asicapi.dev/docs/errors#extract_required",
    "details": {
      "purchase": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/v1/people/extracts",
        "body": {
          "searchId": "psr_01J9AB3CD4EFG5HJ6KM7NP8QR",
          "personIds": ["prs_8f3k2m9q"],
          "history": false,
          "includeShareholdings": true
        },
        "product": "person_extract"
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes from the ASIC register

Shareholdings are opt-in at purchase. ASIC only includes shareholdings in a personal name extract when they are asked for. An extract bought without includeShareholdings has an empty shareholdings[] and this endpoint returns extract_required for it, so decide at purchase time. Including shareholdings does not change the price of the extract.
Top twenty members only. For each class of shares issued by a proprietary company, ASIC records the twenty members with the largest holdings, plus any other member holding the same number of shares as the twentieth. A person who holds fewer shares than the twentieth-ranked member does not appear here even though they are a member. Public companies do not report members to ASIC at all, so no public company shareholdings are ever returned.
Ceased does not mean sold. In a historical extract, a ceased holding shows that the person stopped being ranked among the twenty recorded members. That may, but does not necessarily, mean they ceased to be a member of the company.
Joint holdings. A joint holding is recorded once against each joint holder. The other holders are not listed on the person extract; use the company's members endpoint to see all holders of the same parcel.
Timeliness. Members are updated when the company lodges a Form 484 change to members register, or when a company's annual review confirms them. The sourceDocument tells you which lodgement last touched the record, and extract.asOf tells you when the snapshot was taken.

List a person's shareholdings in Australian companies

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Example request

Example response

Response fields

Errors

Notes from the ASIC register

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