Geo-Parity Business Entry.json API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Geo-Parity Business Entry.json API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Free, key-less JSON APIs behind geo-parity.com: purchasing power parity, fair global salaries, Schengen 90/180 compliance, cross-timezone meetings, contractor economics, freelance rates, tax-residency day counts, country comparison, cloud region latency, and a digital-nomad visa directory. All GET responses are cacheable; errors return { ok:false, code, message, example }. No key is required: anonymous callers get 1,500 requests/month per IP plus a 30/minute burst cap. An optional API key (Authorization: Bearer gp_live_..., created at /account) only raises those ceilings — responses are identical either way, and a key is metered per account rather than per key. Every response carries X-RateLimit-Limit / -Remaining / -Reset (the minute window) and X-Quota-Limit / -Remaining / -Reset (the calendar month, resetting on the 1st UTC); exceeding either returns 429 with Retry-After and code RATE_LIMITED (slow down) or QUOTA_EXCEEDED (allowance spent — retrying will not help). Figures are informational estimates, not financial/tax/legal advice. Machine discovery: /llms.txt and /.well-known/mcp.json; the same tools are also registered with the browser''s WebMCP ModelContext on every page, executing through /api/mcp.'
  contact:
    url: https://geo-parity.com
servers:
- url: https://geo-parity.com
security:
- {}
- bearerAuth: []
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Business Entry.json
paths:
  /api/business-entry.json:
    get:
      operationId: compareBusinessEntry
      summary: Days and cost to register a company (B-READY) and the new-company rate, per…
      description: B-READY company-entry facts for a domestic and a foreign-owned company (cost in local currency, converted), minimum capital, ownership limits, online registration, plus new companies per 1,000 adults. Countries outside the B-READY cohort answer with the activity figure alone. `country`, `countries`, or a ranking by `metric`. For information only; every response says so first.
      parameters:
      - name: country
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: One ISO alpha-2 code
      - name: countries
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Comma-separated ISO alpha-2 codes, two or more
      - name: metric
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - daysDomestic
          - costDomesticUsd
          - daysForeign
          - costForeignUsd
          - density
        description: Ranking metric (default daysDomestic)
      - name: sort
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - lowest
          - highest
        description: Default lowest for days and cost, highest for density
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
          minimum: 1
        description: Maximum countries
      responses:
        '200':
          description: One country, comparison rows, or ranked rows; attribution names B-READY and the Entrepreneurship Database
        '400':
          description: A bad metric (INVALID_METRIC) or fewer than two countries (TOO_FEW)
        '422':
          description: A country outside the spine (UNKNOWN_COUNTRY) or one with neither dataset (NO_DATA)
      tags:
      - Business Entry.json
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Optional Geo-Parity API key (gp_live_...), created at /account. Raises the monthly quota and per-minute burst; never changes a response. Metered per account, so extra keys do not add allowance.
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: key
      description: The same key, for clients that cannot set headers.
externalDocs:
  description: 'Developer guide: quota ladder, error codes, API keys and MCP setup'
  url: https://geo-parity.com/developers/