Workato Releases New Connector for G-Biz INFO, a Government-Owned Corporate Database of Over 5 Million Companies Provided by METI

Workato Inc. (Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, USA, hereinafter referred to as Workato), a leading provider of agentic automation platforms, and its Japanese subsidiary, Workato K.K. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director Allan Teng), are pleased to announce the release of a new connector compatible with "G-Biz INFO," a database aggregating over 5 million government-owned corporate data provided by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

This connector enables no-code access to diverse corporate activity information, including notifications, certifications, financial information, patent information, subsidy information, and workplace information held by various ministries and agencies, starting from the three basic corporate information items (corporate number, corporate name, head office location) published on the National Tax Agency's "Corporate Number Publication Site." This allows for seamless integration of in-house applications with G-Biz INFO information, enabling the automation of data management operations related to corporate information.

What is G-Biz INFO?

G-Biz INFO is a database aggregating over 5 million government-owned corporate data provided by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. It links various information held by each ministry and agency to the three basic corporate information items (corporate number, corporate name, head office location) published on the National Tax Agency's "Corporate Number Publication Site." Through its REST API, it is possible to search and acquire the following rich corporate activity information based on conditions:

Information Category | Content
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Basic Corporate Information | Corporate number, corporate name, head office location, date of establishment, capital, etc.
Notification/Certification Information | Information regarding notifications and certifications to each ministry and agency
Award Information | Information regarding awards and certifications from public institutions
Financial Information | Financial data such as sales, operating profit, number of employees
Patent Information | Acquisition information for patents, utility models, designs, and trademarks
Procurement Information | Information regarding procurement and bidding from public institutions
Subsidy Information | Information on subsidies received from government and local authorities
Workplace Information | Workplace environment information such as parental leave acquisition rate, ratio of female managers

Previously, utilizing G-Biz INFO's REST API required programming skills, posing a high hurdle for direct use by non-engineering departments and automated integration with business systems. The G-Biz INFO connector provided by Workato removes this barrier.

What the G-Biz INFO Connector achieves on Workato

This connector allows the following actions to be implemented with no-code:

Corporate Number Search: Search for corporate numbers of corporations matching specified conditions (corporate name, location, industry, etc.)

Acquisition of Basic Corporate Information: Specify a corporate number to acquire basic information such as corporate name, location, date of establishment, and capital.

Acquisition of Corporate Activity Information: Acquire diverse corporate activity information such as notification/certification information, financial information, patent information, subsidy information, and workplace information in bulk.

Anticipated Use Cases

Corporate Data Enrichment and Name Matching Automation: Automatically acquire the latest financial information, number of employees, patent information, etc., from G-Biz INFO periodically, starting from the corporate numbers of business partners registered in CRM and SFA. This creates an environment where sales representatives can conduct business negotiations and proposals based on the latest and most reliable corporate information. Name matching processes for corporate information dispersed across multiple systems can also be automated in combination with Workato's data transformation and mapping functions.

Automation of Business Partner Screening and Credit Management: Incorporate G-Biz INFO integration into the new business partner screening flow to automatically collect corporate number existence verification, subsidy receipt history, and award information. By linking with a workflow system, the entire process from providing information to screening personnel to initiating the approval flow can be automated end-to-end.

Automatic Monitoring of Subsidies and Procurement Information: Periodically and automatically acquire subsidy receipt status and public procurement information for key business partners and competitors, and notify Slack or Microsoft Teams in real-time. This ensures that business-critical signals are not missed, prompting timely action.

Improvement of Master Data Management (MDM) Quality: Periodically reconcile and verify internal corporate master data with public information from G-Biz INFO, automatically detecting changes such as corporate name changes, location changes, and business closures. This significantly reduces master maintenance man-hours while maintaining data quality.

Enterprise MCP - Towards an era where AI agents safely utilize G-Biz INFO

In October 2025, Workato announced Workato Enterprise MCP (Model Context Protocol), the industry's first. Enterprise MCP allows major AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Cline to access enterprise applications and data while maintaining security and governance.