# ABN Lookup XML Search Web Service (ABRXMLSearch)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/australian-business-register/abn-lookup-xml-search-web-service/  
**Provider:** Australian Business Register — https://apis.io/providers/australian-business-register/  
**Base URL:** https://abr.business.gov.au/abrxmlsearch/AbrXmlSearch.asmx  
**Documentation:** https://abr.business.gov.au/Documentation/WebServiceMethods

ABN Lookup XML Search Web Service (ABRXMLSearch) is one of 3 APIs that [Australian Business Register](https://apis.io/providers/australian-business-register/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include ABN, SOAP, and Business Registry. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

SOAP/XML web service for ABN Lookup that searches the Australian Business Register by ABN, ACN/ASIC number, name, postcode, charity, ABN status and registration/update events. It is free to registered users who accept the Web Services Agreement and pass an authentication GUID. The provider-hosted WSDL (28 operations) is saved verbatim.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **WSDL** — https://artifacts.apis.io/australian-business-register/wsdl/australian-business-register-abrxmlsearch.wsdl
- **WSDL** — https://abr.business.gov.au/abrxmlsearch/AbrXmlSearch.asmx?WSDL
- **Documentation** — https://abr.business.gov.au/Documentation/WebServiceMethods
- **APIsJSON** — https://artifacts.apis.io/australian-business-register/apis.yml

## Other Australian Business Register APIs (2)

- [ABN Lookup XML Search Web Service, RPC (ABRXMLSearchRPC)](https://apis.io/apis/australian-business-register/abn-lookup-xml-search-rpc-web-service/)
- [ABN Lookup JSON Services](https://apis.io/apis/australian-business-register/abn-lookup-json-services/)

## Tags

ABN, SOAP, Business Registry

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