Country Codes

Zenoo uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes for all country fields: country, nationality, jurisdiction, and address-related fields.

Format

Always pass a two-letter uppercase code.

{
  "country": "GB",
  "nationality": "IE"
}

Common codes

Country	Code	Notes
United Kingdom	`GB`	Not `UK`
United States	`US`	Not `USA`
Ireland	`IE`
Germany	`DE`
France	`FR`
Netherlands	`NL`
Switzerland	`CH`
Australia	`AU`
Canada	`CA`
Singapore	`SG`
Hong Kong	`HK`
United Arab Emirates	`AE`
Cayman Islands	`KY`
Jersey	`JE`
Guernsey	`GG`
Isle of Man	`IM`
British Virgin Islands	`VG`	Not `BVI`
Luxembourg	`LU`
Bermuda	`BM`
Gibraltar	`GI`
Malta	`MT`
Cyprus	`CY`
Liechtenstein	`LI`
Monaco	`MC`
South Africa	`ZA`
Nigeria	`NG`
Japan	`JP`
China	`CN`
India	`IN`
Brazil	`BR`
Russia	`RU`

Common mistakes

These are the most frequent country code errors. The API will return a 400 VALIDATION_ERROR for any invalid code.

Incorrect	Correct	Reason
`UK`	`GB`	ISO standard uses `GB` for the United Kingdom
`USA`	`US`	Must be exactly 2 characters
`BVI`	`VG`	British Virgin Islands uses `VG` in ISO 3166-1
`UAE`	`AE`	United Arab Emirates uses `AE`
`EN`	`GB`	`EN` is a language code, not a country code
`gb`	`GB`	Must be uppercase

Submitting an invalid country code returns a 400 VALIDATION_ERROR:

{
  "error": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
  "message": "Invalid country code: UK. Use ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (GB).",
  "request_id": "req-a1b2c3d4"
}

Supported jurisdictions

Zenoo supports 200+ jurisdictions for screening. Company registry verification coverage varies by jurisdiction. For a full list of supported jurisdictions and registry coverage, contact your Zenoo account manager or email support@zenoo.com.

Screening vs registry coverage

Screening (PEP, sanctions, adverse media) works globally. WorldCheck covers entities across all jurisdictions. Company registry verification requires registry coverage for the specific country. Major markets (GB, US, IE, DE, FR, NL, AU, SG, HK) have full coverage. Some smaller jurisdictions may have limited or no registry access.

If you submit a Company Verification request for a jurisdiction without registry coverage, the company verification check will fail, but screening checks will still run.

Next steps

Error Codes — Error responses for invalid country codes
Rate Limits — Per-endpoint rate limits
Glossary — Term definitions

Reference

Testing & Go-Live

Changelog

Country Codes

Country Codes

Format

Common codes

Common mistakes

Supported jurisdictions

Screening vs registry coverage

Next steps

​Country Codes

​Format

​Common codes

​Common mistakes

​Supported jurisdictions

​Screening vs registry coverage

​Next steps

Country Codes

Format

Common codes

Common mistakes

Supported jurisdictions

Screening vs registry coverage

Next steps