# EU Company Verification — VAT (VIES) + Official Registry Data (`aspiring_barricade/eu-company-verification`) Actor Verify EU companies on official state data: validate any intra-EU VAT number against VIES (27 member states) to get the registered legal name and address, enriched with INSEE Sirene official registry data for France (industry/NAF, legal form, active/ceased status). Verified, not guessed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/aspiring\_barricade/eu-company-verification.md - **Developed by:** [Joachim Pouchain](https://apify.com/aspiring_barricade) (community) - **Categories:** Agents, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results 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/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.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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 Verification — VAT (VIES) + Official Registry Data Verify EU companies against **official state data**, not scraped guesses. This actor validates any **intra-EU VAT number** with the **VIES** service (27 member states) to return the **registered legal name and address**, and enriches French companies with **INSEE Sirene** official registry data (industry/NAF code, legal form, active/ceased status, creation date). The clean answer to **EU company verification** and **KYB Europe** from sources that are the legal source of truth. Generic B2B enrichers scrape websites and guess. This one performs **EU VAT validation** against VIES and reads the **official company registry** — verified, official, multi-country. ### What it does - **VIES VAT validation** — checks an intra-EU VAT number across all 27 member states; returns `valid` / `invalid` / `unavailable` (correctly distinguishing a non-existent number from a national database being temporarily offline). - **Registered identity** — official legal name + registered address from VIES when valid. - **France registry enrichment (INSEE Sirene)** — NAF/industry code, legal form, active/ceased status, creation date, employee range, company category. - **Flexible input** — accepts a VAT number (prefixed or with a country code), a French SIREN/SIRET, or a company name (FR name search via INSEE). ### Output fields | Field | Meaning | |-------|---------| | `vat_number`, `country_code` | Normalised VAT identity | | `vat_status` | `valid` / `invalid` / `unavailable` / `not_checked` | | `vat_valid` | Boolean (or null when unavailable) | | `legal_name`, `registered_address` | Official registered identity (VIES) | | `registry` | INSEE Sirene block for FR: `siren`, `naf_code`, `status`, `legal_form_code`, `creation_date`, `employee_range`, `company_category` | | `input_type` | `vat` / `siren` / `name` | ### Why this one - **Official, verified — not guessed.** VIES is the EU's own VAT service; INSEE Sirene is the French state business registry. - **Three-state VAT logic done right.** A temporarily-offline national VAT base is reported as `unavailable`, never as a false `invalid` (a compliance trap most validators get wrong). - **VAT + registry in one call** — validation *and* a registry profile, multi-country. - **Agent- & n8n-ready.** One clean JSON row per company; usable as an MCP tool. ### Input ```json { "queries": ["IE6388047V", "FR22424761419"], "max_items": 20 } ```` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `query` | string | A VAT number (`FR22424761419`, `IE6388047V`), a French SIREN/SIRET, or a company name (FR). | | `queries` | array | Optional list to verify in one run (overrides `query`). | | `country_code` | string | 2-letter EU code (use `EL` for Greece) when the VAT number has no country prefix. | | `max_items` | integer | Max records returned/charged. Default 20. | ### Output Real output for a valid IE number and a French company (with registry enrichment): ```json { "query": "IE6388047V", "input_type": "vat", "country_code": "IE", "vat_number": "IE6388047V", "vat_valid": true, "vat_status": "valid", "legal_name": "GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED", "registered_address": "3RD FLOOR, GORDON HOUSE, BARROW STREET, DUBLIN 4", "registry": null, "source": "EU VIES REST API (ec.europa.eu)", "timestamp": "2026-06-29T10:36:00.000Z", "disclaimer": "Official data from EU VIES (and INSEE Sirene for FR). Indicative, not a compliance opinion." } ``` ```json { "query": "FR22424761419", "input_type": "vat", "country_code": "FR", "vat_number": "FR22424761419", "vat_valid": true, "vat_status": "valid", "legal_name": "SAS OVH", "registry": { "source": "INSEE Sirene V3.11 (api.insee.fr)", "siren": "424761419", "legal_name": "OVH", "status": "active", "legal_form_code": "5710", "naf_code": "63.11Z", "creation_date": "1999-10-15", "employee_range": "42", "company_category": "ETI" }, "source": "EU VIES REST API (ec.europa.eu) + INSEE Sirene V3.11 (api.insee.fr)", "timestamp": "2026-06-29T10:36:00.000Z" } ``` ### Use cases - **KYB / onboarding compliance** — confirm a counterparty's VAT number resolves to the right registered entity. - **Invoice & tax validation** — validate supplier/customer VAT numbers in bulk before issuing/accepting invoices. - **Lead data hygiene** — verify and enrich EU company records with official identity + industry code. - **AI agents / n8n** — a verification tool an agent can call before trusting a company claim. ### Pricing Pay-per-result: target **$0.005 per record** ($5 / 1,000), plus Apify platform usage. `max_items` caps spend. ### Categories `Developer tools`, `Automation`, `Agents`, `Business`. ### Setup & notes - **VIES** works with no key (the default run validates IE/DE/… out of the box). - **French registry enrichment** needs an INSEE Sirene API key (free at api.insee.fr). Set it as a **secret environment variable** `INSEE_SIRENE_API_KEY` on the actor. Without it, FR records still return VIES validation (graceful degradation). - VIES rate-limits some national bases (notably FR) — those are reported as `unavailable`, not `invalid`. Re-run to retry. - Official data, **not a compliance opinion**. # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Intra-EU VAT number (e.g. FR22424761419, IE6388047V), a French SIREN/SIRET (9/14 digits), or a company name (FR name search via INSEE). ## `queries` (type: `array`): Optional list of VAT numbers / SIRENs / names to verify in one run (overrides 'query'). ## `country_code` (type: `string`): 2-letter EU code (use EL for Greece) for when the VAT number is given WITHOUT its country prefix. Empty = inferred from the query. ## `max_items` (type: `integer`): Maximum records returned/charged per run (a name search may return several). ## Actor input object example ```json { "query": "IE6388047V", "queries": [ "IE6388047V", "FR22424761419" ], "max_items": 20 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "query": "IE6388047V", "max_items": 20 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("aspiring_barricade/eu-company-verification").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "query": "IE6388047V", "max_items": 20, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("aspiring_barricade/eu-company-verification").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 '{ "query": "IE6388047V", "max_items": 20 }' | apify call aspiring_barricade/eu-company-verification --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=aspiring_barricade/eu-company-verification", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "EU Company Verification — VAT (VIES) + Official Registry Data", "description": "Verify EU companies on official state data: validate any intra-EU VAT number against VIES (27 member states) to get the registered legal name and address, enriched with INSEE Sirene official registry data for France (industry/NAF, legal form, active/ceased status). Verified, not guessed.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "U0crSTrHUu97eks2t" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/aspiring_barricade~eu-company-verification/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-aspiring_barricade-eu-company-verification", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/aspiring_barricade~eu-company-verification/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-aspiring_barricade-eu-company-verification", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/aspiring_barricade~eu-company-verification/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-aspiring_barricade-eu-company-verification", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "title": "VAT number / SIREN / company name", "type": "string", "description": "Intra-EU VAT number (e.g. FR22424761419, IE6388047V), a French SIREN/SIRET (9/14 digits), or a company name (FR name search via INSEE)." }, "queries": { "title": "Multiple queries (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Optional list of VAT numbers / SIRENs / names to verify in one run (overrides 'query').", "default": [ "IE6388047V", "FR22424761419" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "country_code": { "title": "Country code (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "2-letter EU code (use EL for Greece) for when the VAT number is given WITHOUT its country prefix. Empty = inferred from the query." }, "max_items": { "title": "Max results (cost cap)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum records returned/charged per run (a name search may return several).", "default": 20 } } }, "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", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "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": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "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", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "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", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```