# EU Company Registry Scraper – France, Norway, Finland (`anxuanng/company-registry-scraper`) Actor

Search the official open company registries of France (SIRENE), Norway (Brønnøysund) and Finland (PRH) in one schema: legal form, status, registration date, NACE code, address, workforce and French revenue. Daily lists of newly registered companies. Company data only.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/anxuanng/company-registry-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Xuan An Nguyen](https://apify.com/anxuanng) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 company scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU Company Registry Scraper – France, Norway, Finland

Company data straight from three official open registries: **France (INSEE SIRENE / RNE), Norway
(Brønnøysundregistrene) and Finland (PRH)**, in one schema. Search by name or activity code, look up companies by
their registry id, or pull a daily list of newly registered companies in Norway and Finland.

Rows describe companies only. Directors, owners and other people are not collected, and sole proprietorships
(usually named after a person) are left out unless you turn them on.

### What data can I get?

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `country`, `registryId` | `FR`, `403052111` (SIREN · org. nr · Y-tunnus) |
| `name`, `legalForm`, `legalFormCode` | `BOULANGERIES PAUL`, `Aksjeselskap`, `5710` |
| `status` | `active`, `closed`, `bankrupt` or `liquidation` |
| `registeredAt`, `foundedAt`, `closedAt` | `1995-12-07` |
| `activityCode`, `activityDescription` | `10.71A`; `43.320 Snekkerarbeid` |
| `employees`, `companySize` | `500-999`, `ETI` (France) |
| `street`, `postalCode`, `city`, `latitude`, `longitude` | registered address; coordinates in France |
| `revenue`, `netIncome`, `financialYear` | `75869141`, `-5022746`, `2023` (France, when filed publicly) |
| `website` | Norway and Finland, when registered |
| `registryUrl`, `source` | the company's page on the registry, and the registry and licence to credit |

### How much does it cost?

**$2 per 1,000 companies.** You pay only for companies delivered. A daily feed of 300 new Norwegian and Finnish
companies costs $0.60 a day.

### How do I use it?

- **Search:** a name (`bakery`, `Equinor`) and optionally an activity code and countries.
- **Look up:** paste ids like `FR:552081317`, `NO:923609016`, `FI:0112038-9` into Registry ids.
- **New companies:** set Registered within (days), e.g. `1` or `7`, pick Norway and Finland, and schedule it daily
  with Only new companies on.

```json
{ "countries": ["NO", "FI"], "registeredWithinDays": 1, "onlyNew": true, "maxItems": 1000 }
```

### Where does the data come from, and can I reuse it?

| Country | Registry | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| France | INSEE SIRENE and the national business register (RNE), via the government's API Recherche d'entreprises | Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) |
| Norway | Enhetsregisteret, Brønnøysundregistrene | NLOD 2.0 |
| Finland | YTJ open data, Finnish Patent and Registration Office | CC BY 4.0 |

All three allow commercial reuse and ask you to credit the source; each row's `source` field names it. Don't use
PRH's or YTJ's logos. Companies that asked INSEE not to be listed are not in the French API.

### FAQ

**Why can't I list new French companies?** The French API has no registration-date filter, so France needs a name
or an activity code. Norway and Finland filter by registration date at the registry.

**How current is it?** Norway updates continuously, Finland daily, France daily.

**Do I need a proxy?** No. It runs at 256 MB without one. France limits requests per network, so the Actor paces
itself and retries politely when asked to slow down.

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# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Which registries to search. Leave empty for all three.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Name or words in the name, e.g. 'bakery', 'Equinor'. Optional in Norway and Finland when you list new registrations.

## `registryIds` (type: `array`):

Look up specific companies instead of searching: 'FR:552081317' (SIREN), 'NO:923609016' (org. nr) or 'FI:0112038-9' (Y-tunnus). Bare Finnish ids and 9-digit numbers are also accepted.

## `activityCode` (type: `string`):

Only companies with this main activity code, in each registry's format: France '62.01Z', Norway '62.010', Finland '62010'.

## `registeredWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only companies registered in the last N days. Norway and Finland filter this at the registry, so it works without a name: a daily list of new companies. France has no date filter; there it only narrows a name or activity search.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out closed, bankrupt and liquidating companies.

## `includeSoleProprietors` (type: `boolean`):

Sole proprietorships usually trade under the owner's own name, which is personal data. Off by default; turn on only if you have a lawful reason to process it.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Return only companies you have not received in earlier runs of this Actor. Combine with 'Registered within' and a daily schedule for a feed of new companies.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many companies, taking from each selected country in turn. You are only charged per company delivered.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [],
  "query": "software",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "includeSoleProprietors": false,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `listings` (type: `string`):

All company rows as JSON; append ?format=csv for CSV or ?format=xlsx for Excel.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Counts of pushed/skipped/failed rows and whether the budget limit was hit.

# 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 = {
    "query": "software"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("anxuanng/company-registry-scraper").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 = { "query": "software" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("anxuanng/company-registry-scraper").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 '{
  "query": "software"
}' |
apify call anxuanng/company-registry-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,anxuanng/company-registry-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/T97Q3IZSsoZf7o0Rp/builds/75G1ApkSTgNHsg6ka/openapi.json