# UK Company Incorporation Alerts by SIC Code (`accountable_eel/uk-company-incorporation-alert`) Actor

Get every UK company newly incorporated for a SIC code, postcode area, or name filter, as a sales lead-gen and compliance alert, not a one-company lookup. Keyless by default (public register); an optional free Companies House API key routes to the authenticated advanced-search API instead.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/accountable_eel/uk-company-incorporation-alert.md
- **Developed by:** [Adrian Voss](https://apify.com/accountable_eel) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 new company returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## UK Company Incorporation Alerts by SIC Code

Get every UK company newly incorporated for a SIC code, postcode area, or name filter, as a sales
lead-gen and compliance alert, not a one-company lookup. Keyless by default against the public
Companies House register; an optional free Companies House API key routes to the authenticated
advanced-search API instead. Turn on monitoring mode to get (and pay for) only companies new since
your last run, ideal for a daily or weekly schedule.

### How to use

1. **In the Apify Console.** Open the actor page and click **Start** — the `sicCodes` field is already pre-filled with a working example. Results land in the run's dataset as soon as each item is found.
2. **Via the API.** Call it directly with a POST request — no Console needed once you have an API token:
   ```bash
   curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~uk-company-incorporation-alert/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
     -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"sicCodes":["62012"]}'
   ```
3. **On a schedule.** Save this actor as an Apify **Task** with the input you want, then add a **Schedule** (hourly, daily, weekly) so it runs on its own — no server of your own required.

### Input

```json
{
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012"
  ]
}
```

One SIC code per line, OR'd together. Combine with the filters below (postcode prefixes, company name, type, date window) — all optional but at least one of them, or a company-type/postcode/name filter, is required. Leave empty to filter by postcode prefix or company name alone. Accepted formats: 62012, 62020, 41100.

```json
{
  "sicCodes": ["62012"],
  "postcodePrefixes": ["EC1"],
  "companyTypes": "ltd",
  "incorporatedFrom": "2026-09-24",
  "incorporatedTo": "2026-10-01",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

This actor runs ONE combined search per run, not one search per input line: every `sicCodes` entry
is OR'd together, then AND'd with `postcodePrefixes`, `companyTypes`, `companyNameIncludes`, and the
incorporation date window (defaults to the last 7 days). At least one of `sicCodes`,
`postcodePrefixes`, `companyNameIncludes`, or a non-"all" `companyTypes` is required — a bare
date-range search over every UK company is rejected, since that's typically thousands of companies
a week.

### Output

One row per company found, for example:

| query | found | status | searchSummary | companyCount | truncated | monitorStatus | companies | companyNumber | companyName | incorporatedOn | companyType | companyStatus | sicCodes | sicDescriptions | registeredAddress | postcode | locality | companyUrl | route | isNew | firstSeenAt | scrapedAt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 62012 | true | OK | <search run> | <companies returned> | <more results were available> | <monitoring status> | \<all companies (full list)> | <company number> | <company name> | <incorporated on> | <company type> | <status> | <sic codes> | <sic descriptions> | <registered office address> | <postcode> | \<locality / town> | <companies house page> | <source route> | \<is this company new?> | <first seen on a run> | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z |

A miss comes back as a row with `"found": false` and is never charged.

### Example runs

Live-verified against the public register, keyless, no proxy:

**New software companies by SIC code.** `{"sicCodes": ["62012"], "incorporatedFrom": "2026-09-24", "incorporatedTo": "2026-10-01"}` — 976 companies incorporated under SIC 62012 ("Business and domestic software development") in the last 7 days, e.g. MULLO LTD (17478834, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ) and SHOPIYZ TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (17479042, London N3 2LN).

**New companies in a postcode area.** `{"sicCodes": ["62012", "62020"], "postcodePrefixes": ["EC1"]}` — narrows the same SIC-code search to just the EC1 postcode area, a common agency/insurer lead-gen pattern.

**Weekly incorporation alert (monitoring).** `{"sicCodes": ["41100"], "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true, "deltaName": "construction-developers"}` on a weekly schedule — only companies newly incorporated under SIC 41100 ("Development of building projects") since the last run are returned and billed; a quiet week with no new companies is never charged.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event. A flat per-run fee covers session/proxy warmup; you're billed
per item only when data is actually found and returned — see
`.actor/pay_per_event.json` for exact prices. A miss is never charged.

### Use it from Clay, n8n, Make, or an AI agent

This actor runs synchronously over plain HTTP — call it directly from a script, a workflow tool, or an AI agent, no Apify Console needed once you have an API token.

```bash
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~uk-company-incorporation-alert/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"sicCodes":["62012"]}'
```

**n8n.** Add an HTTP Request node: Method `POST`, URL `https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~uk-company-incorporation-alert/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>`, Body Content Type `JSON`, JSON Body `{"sicCodes":["62012"]}` (swap in an expression from an earlier node for a real value).

**Clay.** Add an "HTTP API" column: Method `POST`, URL `https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/accountable_eel~uk-company-incorporation-alert/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>`, Body `{"sicCodes":["{{search}}"]}`, mapping the row's search into the `sicCodes` array.

**MCP.** In Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client with the Apify MCP server, ask for "new UK company incorporations by SIC code" — the agent will find and run this actor.

# Actor input Schema

## `sicCodes` (type: `array`):

One SIC code per line, OR'd together. Combine with the filters below (postcode prefixes, company name, type, date window) — all optional but at least one of them, or a company-type/postcode/name filter, is required. Leave empty to filter by postcode prefix or company name alone. Accepted formats: 62012, 62020, 41100. You're only charged for the ones we actually find — a miss costs nothing.

## `incorporatedFrom` (type: `string`):

Defaults to 7 days before today if left empty.

## `incorporatedTo` (type: `string`):

Defaults to today if left empty.

## `testRun` (type: `boolean`):

Turn this on to test your input on a small sample before running the full list. Turn it off to process everything.

## `onlyFound` (type: `boolean`):

Only keep rows where something was actually found. Misses are always free, whether or not you show them here.

## `includeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Optional. Only keep results that mention at least one of these words (e.g. a job title, a city, a product name). Leave empty to keep everything.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Optional. Drop any result that mentions one of these words. Leave empty to skip nothing.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Up to 2,000. Caps how many companies you get (and pay for) in one run.

## `companyTypes` (type: `string`):

Restrict to one company type, or leave as "All types".

## `postcodePrefixes` (type: `array`):

Optional. e.g. "EC1", "M" — matched as OR against the registered office postcode's prefix. Applied after fetching (Companies House has no server-side postcode-prefix filter), so it never reduces the cost of the underlying search, only what you're billed and shown.

## `companyNameIncludes` (type: `string`):

Optional. Matches company names containing this text.

## `apiKey` (type: `string`):

Optional. Your own free Companies House API key (https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/) routes this run through the authenticated advanced-search API instead of the public register website. Leave empty to use the free public register, which returns the same incorporation date, type, status, address, and SIC codes.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

On: only new company numbers since your last run are returned and charged for — run this on a schedule as an incorporation alert. Off: every matching company is returned every time.

## `deltaName` (type: `string`):

Optional. Name this search's monitoring memory so you can tell two schedules of this actor apart, or keep one memory across an input change. Leave empty to auto-derive one from your filters.

## `columns` (type: `array`):

Choose which pieces of information to include in each result row. All are included by default.

## `expandRows` (type: `boolean`):

When on, each company found gets its own row instead of being grouped under its search. You're still only charged once per search, no matter how many rows it produces.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests. Keep conservative — this target has no browser fallback, so getting blocked costs more than slow-and-steady.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy config. Residential recommended for anti-bot-sensitive targets.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012"
  ],
  "incorporatedFrom": "",
  "incorporatedTo": "",
  "testRun": false,
  "onlyFound": false,
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "companyTypes": "all",
  "postcodePrefixes": [],
  "companyNameIncludes": "",
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "deltaName": "",
  "columns": [
    "searchSummary",
    "companyCount",
    "truncated",
    "monitorStatus",
    "companies",
    "companyNumber",
    "companyName",
    "incorporatedOn",
    "companyType",
    "companyStatus",
    "sicCodes",
    "sicDescriptions",
    "registeredAddress",
    "postcode",
    "locality",
    "companyUrl",
    "route",
    "isNew",
    "firstSeenAt"
  ],
  "expandRows": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sicCodes": [
        "62012"
    ],
    "includeKeywords": [],
    "excludeKeywords": [],
    "postcodePrefixes": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("accountable_eel/uk-company-incorporation-alert").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sicCodes": ["62012"],
    "includeKeywords": [],
    "excludeKeywords": [],
    "postcodePrefixes": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("accountable_eel/uk-company-incorporation-alert").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012"
  ],
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "postcodePrefixes": []
}' |
apify call accountable_eel/uk-company-incorporation-alert --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,accountable_eel/uk-company-incorporation-alert"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/J9KrQzuH9F09yEb7a/builds/TirrjuxeO4bnQu1kQ/openapi.json