ABR
Australian Business Register (ABR) connector for retrieving ABN, ACN, GST status, and business entity data. Used in vendor onboarding and compliance workflows to verify supplier details against the register.
Authentication: Platform-managed - no setup required
System type: ABR
API reference: ABR API
Supported resources
Section titled “Supported resources”| Resource | FETCH | LOOKUP |
|---|---|---|
lookup_by_abn |
✓ | ✓ |
lookup_by_acn |
✓ | ✓ |
search_by_name |
✓ | ✓ |
Connection setup
Section titled “Connection setup”The ABR connector is platform-managed - no credentials required on your side. Demiton maintains the API registration centrally. Browse and pin ABR datasets from the Open Data Catalog (/hq-platform/catalog for platform administrators, or query the curated set on Insights+).
Example queries via MCP
Section titled “Example queries via MCP”Once connected through the MCP server, you can ask Claude:
- “Is [Supplier Name] GST-registered? What’s their entity type?”
- “Look up ABN 12 345 678 901 - what is this entity?”
- “Which of our vendors have cancelled ABNs?”
- “Verify the ACN for [company] against the register.”
Security
Section titled “Security”Access type: Read-only (public data)
The ABR exposes publicly available business registry data. All data retrieved is publicly accessible - no private or sensitive information is involved. No credentials are required or stored on your account.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- MCP Server - connect Claude or ChatGPT to query ABR directly
- AusTender - cross-reference ABN data against government contract awards
- Sign up for Insights - use ABR data alongside your uploaded vendor and contract data