The Challenge
Before extending credit, signing contracts, or onboarding new business partners, your team needs to verify that a New Zealand business is legitimate, active, and accurately represented. The traditional process is painfully slow:
- Manually searching the NZBN Register for each business
- Cross-referencing GST registration numbers against submissions
- Requesting documentation from the business itself (which can be falsified)
- Waiting days for information that should take seconds
This manual approach creates bottlenecks, delays deals, and leaves organisations exposed to fraud and compliance failures.
The Autohive Solution
Autohive’s NZBN integration connects directly to the official New Zealand Business Number Register, enabling automated, real-time business verification as part of your existing workflows.
Instant Company Status Verification
Retrieve current company details—including legal status, constitution details, and annual return dates—in a single automated lookup. Know immediately whether a business is active and in good standing.
GST Registration Confirmation
Automatically look up Goods and Services Tax numbers linked to any NZBN entity. Confirm GST registration status without requesting documents or relying on self-reported information.
Official Address Retrieval
Pull registered office, physical, and postal addresses directly from the NZBN Register. Ensure all correspondence and legal notices reach the right destination, with no risk of outdated or incorrect address data.
Benefits
- Reduce verification time from hours to seconds — Automated lookups replace manual NZBN searches
- Minimise fraud risk — Data sourced directly from the official government register, not self-reported documents
- Accelerate credit decisions — Remove verification bottlenecks that delay approvals and deal closures
- Maintain compliance audit trails — Every lookup is automated and logged, supporting regulatory requirements
- Eliminate human error — Structured data retrieval removes transcription mistakes common in manual processes
How It Works
- Trigger verification — A new credit application, supplier onboarding request, or contract submission triggers the workflow
- Automated NZBN lookup — Autohive queries the NZBN Register using the business name, company number, or NZBN
- Retrieve key data — Company details, GST number, legal status, and official addresses are returned instantly
- Cross-reference and decision — Results are compared against submitted information; discrepancies are flagged automatically
- Record and proceed — Verified data is stored in your system of record, and the approval workflow continues
Getting Started
- Sign up at app.autohive.com
- Connect the NZBN integration from the marketplace
- Configure your verification workflow triggers
- Deploy your agent and start verifying businesses instantly
