Hear when a business goes inactive.
Watch businesses on CAC's register and get a signed webhook when one goes inactive or changes its name, for ₦100 per business a month.
How it works
3 steps, from your first call to the result.
- 1
Add businesses
POST /v1/businesses/monitors with the number when you approve a business.
- 2
Get the webhook
business.status_changed or business.name_changed arrives when CAC's record changes.
- 3
Act on it
Review the customer, ask them to file annual returns, or stop watching when they leave.
What you get
Watch by number
Add a business by its RC or BN number when you approve it, with your own reference.
Webhooks on change
Signed events when its status or registered name changes, on the webhook endpoints you already have.
Annual returns signal
Catch businesses going inactive, most often for unfiled annual returns.
Checked every day
Each business is read on CAC's register daily. A brief CAC outage changes nothing and sends nothing.
Priced per business
₦100 per business for 30 days, renewed from your wallet. Stop watching at any time.
Your reference on every event
Set external_id when you add a business and it comes back on every webhook.
Check a business's status now
Enter a BN or RC number to see its status on CAC and which annual returns are due. The Monitoring API watches the status for you.
Questions
Why would a CAC registration become inactive?
Most often because annual returns weren't filed. CAC marks businesses that are behind on annual returns as inactive, and filing them brings the status back.
How much does the CAC Monitoring API cost?
₦100 per business for 30 days, from your prepaid wallet. If a renewal can't be charged the monitor pauses and you get a webhook; it resumes at the next daily check after your wallet is funded.
How do I check if a business is still active on CAC?
Check it by hand with the free checker on this page, or let the Monitoring API read it every day and send a webhook when its status changes.
How do I check if a business has filed its annual returns?
Use our free CAC annual returns checker. It shows which years a business still owes and what they'll cost.
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