# EU Company Enrichment with Official VAT Verification (VIES) (`apixyz/eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified`) Actor

Turns VAT numbers or company domains into verified records. The registered name and address come from VIES, the EU's official registry. Optional website firmographics. Status codes cover invalid numbers and registry downtime, so batches finish. $12 per 1,000 verified companies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/apixyz/eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified.md
- **Developed by:** [Tarek Etman](https://apify.com/apixyz) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $12.00 / 1,000 company verified (official vies record)s

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## EU Company Enrichment with Official VAT Verification (VIES)

Give it VAT numbers, company domains, or a mixed list. Each row comes back with the registered company name and address as recorded in VIES, the European Commission's VAT registry, plus optional website firmographics.

### What you get per company

The registered name and address in the output come from the registry member states use for VAT administration. A `verificationSource` field states where every value originated, and a confidence score accompanies each record. With the website add-on enabled, the row also carries the company description, social profile links, public email addresses found on the site, and technology hints.

### Input

```json
{ "companies": [ { "vat": "IE6388047V" }, { "domain": "sap.com" } ], "enrichWebsite": true }
````

Domains work without a VAT number. The actor reads the company's imprint or legal page, where companies in DE, AT, NL, FR and several other member states publish their VAT number, then verifies what it finds against VIES.

### Output

A live verification of IE6388047V returns:

```json
{
  "vatNumber": "IE6388047V", "vatValid": true,
  "officialName": "GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED",
  "officialAddress": "3RD FLOOR, GORDON HOUSE, BARROW STREET, DUBLIN 4",
  "country": "IE", "verificationSource": "VIES", "viesStatus": "OK",
  "website": "https://...", "description": "...", "socialLinks": { "linkedin": "..." },
  "emailsOnSite": ["info@..."], "confidence": 0.97
}
```

### Status codes

`OK` · `NO_VAT_OR_DOMAIN` · `VAT_NOT_FOUND_ON_SITE` · `MS_UNAVAILABLE` (member state registry briefly down, retry later) · `RETRIES_EXHAUSTED`

Rows with problems carry a status and the run continues to the end. In live testing, a French registry outage mid-run produced `MS_UNAVAILABLE` rows while the remaining countries verified normally.

### Pricing

$12 per 1,000 verified companies ($0.012 each). Website firmographics add-on $6 per 1,000. $0.005 at actor start. A 500-row CRM cleanup with the add-on costs $9.01.

### Use cases

CRM cleaning, supplier and customer verification before onboarding, lead-list validation before outreach, invoice compliance checks, EU market research.

### Data sources

The public VIES registry and public company webpages, with no login anywhere.

For scheduled change alerts on companies you already verified, see [EU VAT Status Monitor](https://apify.com/maatdata/eu-vat-status-monitor).

*Built by MaatData.*

# Actor input Schema

## `companies` (type: `array`):

List of companies. Each item: {"vat": "IE6388047V"} or {"domain": "sap.com"} or {"vat": "...", "domain": "..."}.

## `enrichWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Also extract description, social links, emails and tech hints from the company website (charged as add-on event).

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

Parallel lookups. Keep moderate to respect VIES.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companies": [
    {
      "vat": "IE6388047V"
    },
    {
      "domain": "sap.com"
    }
  ],
  "enrichWebsite": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}
```

# 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 = {
    "companies": [
        {
            "vat": "IE6388047V"
        },
        {
            "domain": "sap.com"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("apixyz/eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified").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 = { "companies": [
        { "vat": "IE6388047V" },
        { "domain": "sap.com" },
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("apixyz/eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "companies": [
    {
      "vat": "IE6388047V"
    },
    {
      "domain": "sap.com"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call apixyz/eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=apixyz/eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "EU Company Enrichment with Official VAT Verification (VIES)",
        "description": "Turns VAT numbers or company domains into verified records. The registered name and address come from VIES, the EU's official registry. Optional website firmographics. Status codes cover invalid numbers and registry downtime, so batches finish. $12 per 1,000 verified companies.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "h8bxnqYPtoT56ouXG"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
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                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/apixyz~eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-apixyz-eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
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                                "schema": {
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                                }
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                    }
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            }
        },
        "/acts/apixyz~eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-apixyz-eu-company-enrichment-vat-verified",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "companies"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "companies": {
                        "title": "Companies",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of companies. Each item: {\"vat\": \"IE6388047V\"} or {\"domain\": \"sap.com\"} or {\"vat\": \"...\", \"domain\": \"...\"}."
                    },
                    "enrichWebsite": {
                        "title": "Enrich from website",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Also extract description, social links, emails and tech hints from the company website (charged as add-on event).",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "maxConcurrency": {
                        "title": "Max concurrency",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 10,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Parallel lookups. Keep moderate to respect VIES.",
                        "default": 5
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
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                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
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                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
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                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
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                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
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                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    }
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                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
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                            },
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        }
    }
}
```