Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation

GLEIF, global register of LEI codes

A LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) is a twenty-character code every legal entity needs to trade on financial markets. The Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF) publishes the whole register openly: name, address, legal form, Chamber of Commerce number, status and who the direct and ultimate parent is. On 16 October 2026, 198,915 LEIs had a legal address in the Netherlands, out of more than 3.4 million worldwide.