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How to get Taiwan company data by UBN: directors, shareholders & financials

Every Taiwanese company has a UBN (Unified Business Number / 統一編號) and is registered with the GCIS open registry run by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Here's how to pull a company's directors, shareholdings, capital and financials as clean JSON — for due diligence, KYC and supply-chain research.

What is a UBN?

The UBN is the 8-digit identifier on every Taiwanese company's invoices (統一發票), tax filings and registry records (e.g. 22099131 for TSMC / 台灣積體電路製造). It's the reliable key for looking up a company, because Taiwanese names are in Traditional Chinese and often ambiguous.

What data can you get?

• Identity — Chinese registered name, English name (listed), UBN, status, incorporation date.
• Directors & supervisors — position, name, juristic-person backer, and each member's shareholding — a depth most registries never expose.
• Capital & scope — registered & paid-in capital (NT$), business-scope items with industry codes, full registered address.
• Financials (listed companies) — latest balance sheet & income statement: revenue, operating/net income, EPS, total assets, liabilities & equity.

The easy way (by UBN or name)

GCIS exposes the data, but as Traditional-Chinese JSON across several endpoints, and TWSE financials live in a separate OpenAPI. Instead, the Taiwan Company Data scraper on Apify takes a UBN or company name and merges both official sources into one structured record — no login, exportable to JSON / CSV / Excel.

• Paste 8-digit UBNs for guaranteed matches; or
• Type company names (Chinese works best, e.g. 台積電) — resolved best-effort; or
• Upload a list for bulk KYC or supply-chain mapping.

Is it legal?

It reads official open-government data — GCIS under Taiwan's Open Government Data Licence and the TWSE OpenAPI — which permit commercial reuse with attribution. It does not bypass any login or anti-bot system. Director and shareholder names are public registry data; handle personal data in line with applicable law.