Document Intelligence
Extract business name, registration number and validity details from shop and establishment certificates.
Overview
What the Shop Establishment OCR API does
FinHub's Shop Establishment OCR API reads a scanned or PDF shop and establishment certificate and extracts the business name, registration number, address and validity period as structured data. It flags expired or illegible certificates and logs every extraction for audit.
Inputs
- Shop establishment certificate image or PDF
- State or issuing authority hint
- Optional expected business name for cross-check
Returns
- Business name and registration number
- Registered address
- Issuing authority and state
- Validity or renewal date
- Document quality score
POST /v1/ocr/shop-establishment
How it works
Three steps to a verified result
Upload the certificate
Send the shop establishment certificate image or PDF over an authenticated, encrypted connection.
Extract and validate
The engine reads registration fields and checks the validity date against the current date.
Receive structured output
Get structured business registration fields, a quality score and a tamper-evident log entry.
Use cases
Where teams use Shop Establishment OCR
- Merchant and MSME onboarding for lending
- Business current account opening checks
- Vendor and supplier KYB verification
- Trade license renewal tracking
FAQ
Shop Establishment OCR API — FAQs
Common questions about FinHub's Shop Establishment OCR API.
Yes, formats differ across Indian states and municipal bodies, and the API is trained to handle these common regional variations.
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