Experian

Experian plc is a global information services company and one of the three major consumer credit bureaus, operating across credit risk, identity verification, fraud prevention, marketing data and data quality. Its public API surface spans two distinct platforms: the Experian Global Developer Portal (developer.experian.com), a region-partitioned OAuth2/OpenID Connect gateway fronting credit, business information, KYC/KYB and decisioning products across the US, UK, EMEA, Brazil, India, Singapore and Australia; and Experian Data Quality / Aperture (api.experianaperture.io), which publishes machine-readable OpenAPI 3.0.4 contracts for address, email and phone validation, demographic enrichment, identity append and bulk batch processing. A legacy SOAP contract (Experian QAS Pro OnDemand) remains published and callable alongside the REST surface.

Experian publishes 11 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Address Validation API, Bulk Address API, Bulk Email API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Company, Credit Bureau, Credit Reporting, Identity Verification, and Fraud Prevention.

Experian’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 32 more developer resources.

57.0/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
11 published contracts
CompanyCredit BureauCredit ReportingIdentity VerificationFraud PreventionData QualityAddress ValidationEmail VerificationPhone ValidationData EnrichmentFinancial ServicesRisk Management

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information & Data Management
BC-610
Address ValidationBulk AddressBulk EmailBulk PhoneEmail ValidationPhone Validation
GET /address/datasets/v1 POST /address/lookup/v1 POST /address/bulk/v1/batches POST /email/bulk/v1/batches

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scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Experian Address Validate (Pro OnDemand SOAP)

The legacy Experian QAS Pro OnDemand SOAP service, still published and documented by Experian Data Quality. Eleven RPCs (DoSearch, DoRefine, DoGetAddress, DoCanSearch, DoGetLayo...

Experian Global Developer Platform

The region-partitioned Experian API gateway behind developer.experian.com, fronting credit, business information, KYC/KYB, decisioning and verification products. Each region run...

Experian Address Validation API

The Address Validation API from Experian — 13 operation(s) for address validation.

Experian Bulk Address API

The Bulk Address API from Experian — 5 operation(s) for bulk address.

Experian Bulk Email API

The Bulk Email API from Experian — 5 operation(s) for bulk email.

Experian Bulk Phone API

The Bulk Phone API from Experian — 5 operation(s) for bulk phone.

Experian Email Validation API

The Email Validation API from Experian — 2 operation(s) for email validation.

Experian Enrichment API

The Enrichment API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for enrichment.

Experian Identity Append (USA only) API

The Identity Append (USA only) API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for identity append (usa only).

Experian Phone Validation API

The Phone Validation API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for phone validation.

Experian Reverse Phone Append (USA only) API

The Reverse Phone Append (USA only) API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for reverse phone append (usa only).

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Experian Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Experian Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Experian Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Experian Trust Center

ISO/IEC 27001

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Experian Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 7

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

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Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: experian
name: Experian
description: 'Experian plc is a global information services company and one of the three major consumer credit bureaus, operating
  across credit risk, identity verification, fraud prevention, marketing data and data quality. Its public API surface spans
  two distinct platforms: the Experian Global Developer Portal (developer.experian.com), a region-partitioned OAuth2/OpenID
  Connect gateway fronting credit, business information, KYC/KYB and decisioning products across the US, UK, EMEA, Brazil,
  India, Singapore and Australia; and Experian Data Quality / Aperture (api.experianaperture.io), which publishes machine-readable
  OpenAPI 3.0.4 contracts for address, email and phone validation, demographic enrichment, identity append and bulk batch
  processing. A legacy SOAP contract (Experian QAS Pro OnDemand) remains published and callable alongside the REST surface.'
image: https://developer.experian.com/themes/custom/experian_devportal/logo.svg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/experian/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:absent-parent
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-09-13'
modified: '2026-09-13'
tags:
- Company
- Credit Bureau
- Credit Reporting
- Identity Verification
- Fraud Prevention
- Data Quality
- Address Validation
- Email Verification
- Phone Validation
- Data Enrichment
- Financial Services
- Risk Management
tags_raw:
- Company
- Credit Bureau
- Credit Reporting
- Identity Verification
- Fraud Prevention
- Data Quality
- Address Validation
- Email Validation
- Phone Validation
- Data Enrichment
- Financial Services
- Risk Management
- Financial-Services
apis:
- aid: experian:address-validate-soap
  name: Experian Address Validate (Pro OnDemand SOAP)
  description: The legacy Experian QAS Pro OnDemand SOAP service, still published and documented by Experian Data Quality.
    Eleven RPCs (DoSearch, DoRefine, DoGetAddress, DoCanSearch, DoGetLayouts, DoGetPromptSet, DoGetData, DoGetDataMapDetail,
    DoGetExampleAddresses, DoGetLicenseInfo, DoGetSystemInfo) over SOAP 1.1/1.2.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/address-validate-soap/
  baseURL: https://ws.ondemand.qas.com/ProOnDemand/V3/ProOnDemandService.asmx
  tags:
  - Address Validation
  - SOAP
  properties:
  - type: WSDL
    url: wsdl/experian-proondemand-v3.wsdl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/address-validate-soap/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/address-validate-soap/api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:global-developer-platform
  name: Experian Global Developer Platform
  description: 'The region-partitioned Experian API gateway behind developer.experian.com, fronting credit, business information,
    KYC/KYB, decisioning and verification products. Each region runs its own OAuth2/OIDC issuer and production/sandbox host
    pair: us-api, uk-api, eu-api, in-api, api.experian.com.au and api.experian.com.sg. Product API reference is gated behind
    a Developer Portal account; no public OpenAPI is published.'
  humanURL: https://developer.experian.com/products
  baseURL: https://us-api.experian.com
  tags:
  - Credit Reporting
  - Identity Verification
  - Decisioning
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.experian.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.experian.com/products
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.experian.com/tutorials/quick-start-guide
- aid: experian:experian-address-validation-api
  name: Experian Address Validation API
  description: The Address Validation API from Experian — 13 operation(s) for address validation.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Address Validation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-address-validation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-bulk-address-api
  name: Experian Bulk Address API
  description: The Bulk Address API from Experian — 5 operation(s) for bulk address.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Bulk Address
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-bulk-address-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-bulk-email-api
  name: Experian Bulk Email API
  description: The Bulk Email API from Experian — 5 operation(s) for bulk email.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Bulk Email
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-bulk-email-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-bulk-phone-api
  name: Experian Bulk Phone API
  description: The Bulk Phone API from Experian — 5 operation(s) for bulk phone.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Bulk Phone
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-bulk-phone-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-email-validation-api
  name: Experian Email Validation API
  description: The Email Validation API from Experian — 2 operation(s) for email validation.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Email Verification
  tags_raw:
  - Email Validation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-email-validation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-enrichment-api
  name: Experian Enrichment API
  description: The Enrichment API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for enrichment.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Enrichment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-enrichment-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-identity-append-usa-only-api
  name: Experian Identity Append (USA only) API
  description: The Identity Append (USA only) API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for identity append (usa only).
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Identity Append (USA only)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-identity-append-usa-only-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-phone-validation-api
  name: Experian Phone Validation API
  description: The Phone Validation API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for phone validation.
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Phone Validation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-phone-validation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
- aid: experian:experian-reverse-phone-append-usa-only-api
  name: Experian Reverse Phone Append (USA only) API
  description: The Reverse Phone Append (USA only) API from Experian — 1 operation(s) for reverse phone append (usa only).
  humanURL: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  baseURL: https://api.experianaperture.io
  tags:
  - Reverse Phone Append (USA only)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/experian-reverse-phone-append-usa-only-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
  - type: Console
    url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/email-validation/experian-email-validation-v2
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/phone-validation/experian-phone-validation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/bulk-api-reference/api-specification/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-13'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 49
  pass: local-v3
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/experian-capability-edges.yml
  name: Experian Business Capability Map
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/experian-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/experian-authentication.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.experian.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/realtime-api-reference/api-specification/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.experian.com/get-started
- type: Support
  url: https://community.experianaperture.io/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/global-support-policy/
- type: Blog
  url: https://developer.experian.com/blogs
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/experianplc
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/more/product-roadmap/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://developer.experian.com/sso/register
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developer.experian.com/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://developer.experian.com/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.experianplc.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.edq.com/
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/end-of-service-life-status
- type: Security
  url: https://hackerone.com/experian
- type: Packages
  url: packages/experian-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/experian-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/experian-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/experian-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/experian-aperture-overlay.yaml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/experian-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: security/experian-trust-center.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/experian-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/experian-lifecycle.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/experian-scopes.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/experian-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/experian-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/experian-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/experian-changelog.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/experian-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/experian-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/experian-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/experian-rate-limits.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/experian-mcp.yml

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