Company Name Match

Compare two company names, allowing for common legal suffixes and spelling differences. Returns similarity scores and normalised names.

Pay by wallet (x402) company-name-match

Example

Example answer

{
  "match": true,
  "name_a": "Google Inc",
  "name_b": "Google Incorporated",
  "confidence": 1,
  "normalized_a": "google",
  "normalized_b": "google",
  "suffixes_removed": {
    "a": [
      "inc"
    ],
    "b": [
      "incorporated"
    ]
  },
  "similarity_scores": {
    "levenshtein": 1,
    "jaro_winkler": 1,
    "token_overlap": 1
  }
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`name_a`	string	Yes	First company name
`name_b`	string	Yes	Second company name to compare

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`match`	boolean	Always (present in every successful answer)
`confidence`	number	Always (present in every successful answer)
`normalized_a`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`normalized_b`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`suffixes_removed`	object	Always (present in every successful answer)
`similarity_scores`	object	Always (present in every successful answer)
`name_a`	—	Always (present in every successful answer)
`name_b`	—	Always (present in every successful answer)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "company-name-match",
    "inputs": {
      "name_a": "Spotify AB",
      "name_b": "Spotify Aktiebolag"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 2
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "company-name-match",
    "inputs": {
      "name_a": "Spotify AB",
      "name_b": "Spotify Aktiebolag"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 2
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "company-name-match",
  inputs: {
    "name_a": "Spotify AB",
    "name_b": "Spotify Aktiebolag"
  },
  max_price_cents: 2,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="company-name-match",
    inputs={
        "name_a": "Spotify AB",
        "name_b": "Spotify Aktiebolag",
    },
    max_price_cents=2,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/company-name-match?name_a=Spotify+AB&name_b=Spotify+Aktiebolag'

Limitations

Name-based matching only
Matches based on name similarity — cannot distinguish between unrelated companies with similar names
Suffix list coverage
Covers 20+ common company suffixes (Ltd, GmbH, AB, Inc, etc.) — rare suffixes may not be stripped