# Scrape Dutch Permits & Official Notices (NL) (`arthursbuisness/nl-officiele-bekendmakingen`) Actor

Dutch official notices as clean data: building permits (omgevingsvergunning), horeca/alcohol licences, event permits, zoning, demolition, tree felling — all 340+ municipalities. Filter by municipality, type, keywords, date. Address, postcode, coordinates. Official CC0 source.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/arthursbuisness/nl-officiele-bekendmakingen.md
- **Developed by:** [Arthur](https://apify.com/arthursbuisness) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Real estate, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$15.00 / 1,000 notices

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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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".

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

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# README

## Scrape Dutch permits & official notices (omgevingsvergunning, horeca licences) — NL Bekendmakingen

Export **Dutch official government notices** as clean, structured data: building permits (*omgevingsvergunning*), horeca and alcohol licences (*exploitatievergunning*, *Alcoholwet*), event permits, zoning changes (*omgevingsplan*), demolition and tree-felling notices — from all 340+ municipalities, the provinces and the national gazette (*Gemeenteblad*, *Provinciaal blad*, *Staatscourant*).

No scraping of HTML pages: the Actor queries the official open-data SRU repository (KOOP, CC0 licence) directly, so it is fast, reliable and legally clean.

### What you get

One dataset row per notice: `id`, `date`, `gemeente` (municipality), `rubriek` (notice type), `title`, `kind` (aanvraag / verleend / ingetrokken / overig), `adres`, `postcode`, `plaats`, `lat`, `lon` (WGS84, when the municipality publishes coordinates) and `url` to the official publication. Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or push to your own tools.

### Use cases

- **Lead generation**: new building permits for contractors, kitchen/floor/window suppliers, installers and architects; new restaurants, bars and cafés for POS, payment, coffee and drinks suppliers.
- **Real estate & zoning**: monitor omgevingsplan changes, demolition and new-build permits per area.
- **Events**: event permits for catering, security and rental companies.
- **Research & journalism**: track local government decisions across the Netherlands.

### How to use (2 minutes)

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Fill in the input: municipalities (e.g. `Amsterdam`, `Utrecht`; leave empty for the whole country), notice type (`omgevingsvergunning`, `exploitatievergunning`, `evenementenvergunning` or `any`), optional keywords in the title (e.g. `dakkapel OR uitbouw`, `alcoholwet OR horecabedrijf`), days back (1–90) and a maximum number of items.
3. Click **Start**. Results appear in the dataset within seconds; export or schedule the Actor to run daily/weekly.

#### Example input

```json
{ "gemeenten": ["Amsterdam"], "rubriek": "exploitatievergunning", "keywords": "", "daysBack": 7, "maxItems": 500 }
```

#### Example output

```json
{ "id": "gmb-2026-395145", "date": "2026-08-21", "gemeente": "Amsterdam", "rubriek": "exploitatievergunning", "title": "Aanvraag (Nieuw) exploitatievergunning horecabedrijf - Lekstraat 11 in Amsterdam", "kind": "aanvraag", "adres": "", "postcode": "", "plaats": "", "lat": "52.34", "lon": "4.90", "url": "https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/gmb-2026-395145.html" }
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.003 per notice returned** ($3 per 1,000). A weekly regional export of 100 notices costs about $0.30. Free Apify plan usage is enough for small weekly exports.

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?** The repository is updated continuously; notices typically appear the same day the municipality publishes them (municipalities publish 2–20 days after an application is received).
**Why are some addresses empty?** Municipalities differ: many publish structured address fields and coordinates, some (e.g. Amsterdam) only put the address in the title. The `title` always contains the address text.
**Is this legal?** Yes. The source is the official open-data service of the Dutch government under a CC0 licence. The Actor does not extract personal data of applicants beyond what the authority publishes in the notice title and metadata.
**Can I automate it?** Yes — schedule the Actor in Apify, use the API, or connect it to Make/Zapier/Google Sheets via Apify integrations.

### Support

Open an issue on the Actor page. Feature requests (extra notice types, enrichment such as venue type for horeca licences) are welcome.

| `enrichHoreca` | For exploitatievergunning notices: adds `venue_name`, `venue_type`, `received` from the publication (Amsterdam). Charged as one extra notice per enriched item. |

# Actor input Schema

## `gemeenten` (type: `array`):

Municipality names (e.g. Amsterdam, Utrecht). Empty = all.

## `rubriek` (type: `string`):

omgevingsvergunning | exploitatievergunning | evenementenvergunning | any

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

CQL 'any' terms, e.g. 'dakkapel OR uitbouw' or 'alcoholwet OR horecabedrijf'

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Look back N days from today (1–90).

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

Maximum number of notices to return (1–20000).

## `enrichHoreca` (type: `boolean`):

For exploitatievergunning notices, fetch the publication and add venue name, venue type and received date when published (Amsterdam). Slower; each enriched notice is charged as one extra notice event.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "gemeenten": [],
  "rubriek": "omgevingsvergunning",
  "keywords": "",
  "daysBack": 7,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "enrichHoreca": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `notices` (type: `string`):

JSON items of all exported notices

## `noticesCsv` (type: `string`):

Same dataset as CSV

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("arthursbuisness/nl-officiele-bekendmakingen").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("arthursbuisness/nl-officiele-bekendmakingen").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 '{}' |
apify call arthursbuisness/nl-officiele-bekendmakingen --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,arthursbuisness/nl-officiele-bekendmakingen"
        }
    }
}

```

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/TMjP46cCaOPywUISw/builds/vmsa1US0kR8iXfibL/openapi.json