Permanent Identifier (PermID) is a reference data spine offered by LSEG/Refinitiv to help create unique identifiers for organizations that are publicly listed.
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Permanent Identifier (PermID) is a reference data spine offered by LSEG/Refinitiv to help create unique identifiers for organizations that are publicly listed.
Refinitiv is making available its Permanent Identifiers, or PermIDs, and the associated entity masters and metadata to the market. PermIDs are open, permanent and universal identifiers where underlying attributes capture the context of the identity they each represent.
This dataset contains entities from a larger database that is used to enrich the data in OpenSanctions with additional details and connections. We only include entities from the source where there is a relevant connection to the entities in the main OpenSanctions database (e.g. to a sanctions target or a politician).
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| Publisher: | London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) non-official source With the merger of Refinitiv into LSEG, the PermID service (formerly Calais) is now offered as an open access API by the company. | ||||
| Collections: | in OpenSanctions Default · Sanctioned Securities | ||||
| Information: | permid.org | ||||
| Tags: | sector.financial | ||||
| Coverage: | added · frequency: daily | ||||
| Last processed: | 2026-09-22 11:27:27 · v. 20260922112727-bov · change statistics... | ||||
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You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint: | |
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint: | |
| Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine: |
OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.