---
title: "Retrieve a Beneficial Owner"
method: GET
path: "/entity_beneficial_owners/{entity_beneficial_owner_id}"
---

# Retrieve a Beneficial Owner

`GET /entity_beneficial_owners/{entity_beneficial_owner_id}`

## Path parameters

- `entity_beneficial_owner_id` string, required — The identifier of the Beneficial Owner to retrieve.

## Response `200`

Beneficial Owner

- EntityBeneficialOwner — Beneficial owners are the individuals who control or own 25% or more of a `corporation` entity. Beneficial owners are always people, and never organizations. Generally, you will need to submit between 1 and 5 beneficial owners for every `corporation` entity. You should update and archive beneficial owners for a corporation entity as their details change.
  - `company_title` string, nullable, required — This person's role or title within the entity.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — The [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) time at which the Beneficial Owner was created.
  - `entity_id` string, required — The identifier of the Entity to which this beneficial owner belongs.
  - `id` string, required — The identifier of this beneficial owner.
  - `idempotency_key` string, nullable, required — The idempotency key you chose for this object. This value is unique across Increase and is used to ensure that a request is only processed once. Learn more about [idempotency](https://increase.com/documentation/idempotency-keys).
  - `individual` object, required — Personal details for the beneficial owner.
    - `address` object, required — The person's address.
      - `city` string, nullable, required — The city, district, town, or village of the address.
      - `country` string, required — The two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the country of the address.
      - `line1` string, required — The first line of the address.
      - `line2` string, nullable, required — The second line of the address.
      - `state` string, nullable, required — The two-letter United States Postal Service (USPS) abbreviation for the US state, province, or region of the address.
      - `zip` string, nullable, required — The ZIP or postal code of the address.
    - `date_of_birth` string, date, required — The person's date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format.
    - `identification` object, nullable, required — A means of verifying the person's identity.
      - `method` 'social_security_number' | 'individual_taxpayer_identification_number' | 'passport' | 'drivers_license' | 'other', required — A method that can be used to verify the individual's identity.
      - `number_last4` string, required — The last 4 digits of the identification number that can be used to verify the individual's identity.
    - `name` string, required — The person's legal name.
  - `prongs` string[], required — Why this person is considered a beneficial owner of the entity.
  - `type` 'entity_beneficial_owner', required — A constant representing the object's type. For this resource it will always be `entity_beneficial_owner`.

## Other responses

- `4XX` — Error
- `5XX` — Error

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