Company Domain Finder

Find likely official website domains for company names in bulk.

Use this Apify Actor when you have a list of company names and need clean website domains for lead enrichment, CRM cleanup, outbound prospecting, or data matching workflows.

What does Company Domain Finder do?

Company Domain Finder searches public web results for each company name and returns the most likely official website domain.

It is designed for bulk workflows where you need a practical domain match plus evidence.

For every company, the Actor can return:

• 🏢 Original company name
• 🌐 Likely official domain
• 🔗 Website URL
• 📊 Confidence score
• ✅ Match status
• 🧾 Search result title
• 📝 Search snippet
• 📌 Citation/source URL
• 🧠 Matched hints used for scoring
• 🔁 Alternative domain candidates

Who is it for?

This Actor is useful for teams that maintain company lists.

Sales teams

Use it to turn account names into domains before enrichment, outreach, or routing.

RevOps teams

Use it to normalize CRM records where the company name exists but the website field is blank.

Recruiting teams

Use it to resolve employer names into company websites for sourcing and market maps.

Data teams

Use it to add a domain key before deduplication, joining, or entity resolution.

Agencies

Use it to clean prospect lists before campaign setup.

Why use it?

Company names are often messy.

A CRM might contain Open AI, OpenAI Inc, or OpenAI, L.L.C..

A spreadsheet might contain regional subsidiaries, abbreviations, or old names.

This Actor gives you a repeatable way to find a likely official domain and inspect why it was chosen.

How it works

The Actor builds a search query for each company.

It requests public Bing search result HTML.

It parses organic result blocks.

It filters obvious directories and social platforms.

It scores candidate domains using:

• Company-name tokens in the domain
• Company-name tokens in the title or snippet
• Official website wording
• Optional country hints
• Optional domain hints
• Search result rank
• Directory/profile penalties

The best candidate is saved as the company match.

Data output table

Field	Type	Description
companyName	string	Original company name from input
query	string	Search query used
country	string or null	Optional country hint
domainHint	string or null	Optional domain hint
domain	string or null	Likely official domain
websiteUrl	string or null	Likely website URL
confidence	number	0-100 confidence score
status	string	matched, low_confidence, not_found, or error
sourceTitle	string or null	Search result title used as evidence
sourceSnippet	string or null	Search result snippet used as evidence
sourceUrl	string or null	Result URL used as source
citationUrl	string or null	Display citation from Bing when present
matchedHints	array	Signals used for scoring
alternatives	array	Optional alternative candidates
errorMessage	string	Error details for failed lookups
searchedAt	string	ISO timestamp

How much does it cost to find company domains?

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

There is a small run start charge and a per-company lookup charge.

The formula-derived launch BRONZE price is about $0.04 per 1,000 company lookups, plus a small start fee, before any future enrichment features are added.

You only pay for lookup results that are saved.

Input

Provide company names in the companies field.

Use objects with at least a name field:

{
  "companies": [
    { "name": "OpenAI" },
    { "name": "Stripe" },
    { "name": "Wise" }
  ]
}

Add hints when names are ambiguous:

{
  "companies": [
    { "name": "Wise", "country": "United Kingdom", "domainHint": "wise.com" },
    { "name": "Canva", "country": "Australia" }
  ],
  "maxResultsPerCompany": 6,
  "minConfidence": 45,
  "includeAlternatives": true
}

Input fields

companies

A list of company objects. Each object must include a name field.

Objects support:

• name
• country
• domainHint

maxResultsPerCompany

How many search results to inspect per company.

The default is 6.

minConfidence

Minimum score required to mark a domain as matched.

The default is 45.

includeAlternatives

Set to true to include fallback candidate domains.

useApifyProxy

Direct HTTP is used by default to control costs.

Enable proxy only if your run is blocked.

Output example

{
  "companyName": "OpenAI",
  "query": "\"OpenAI\" official website",
  "country": null,
  "domainHint": null,
  "domain": "openai.com",
  "websiteUrl": "https://openai.com/",
  "confidence": 94,
  "status": "matched",
  "sourceTitle": "OpenAI",
  "sourceSnippet": "Creating safe AGI that benefits all of humanity.",
  "sourceUrl": "https://openai.com/",
  "citationUrl": "https://openai.com",
  "matchedHints": ["domain matches openai", "title/snippet matches openai"],
  "searchedAt": "2026-06-05T00:00:00.000Z"
}

How to run

1. Open the Actor on Apify.
2. Paste company names into companies.
3. Keep the default confidence threshold for your first run.
4. Start the Actor.
5. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or API data.

Tips for better matches

Use official legal or brand names where possible.

Add a country hint for generic names.

Add a domain hint when you already know part of the domain.

Raise minConfidence when you prefer fewer but cleaner matches.

Lower minConfidence when you want tentative candidates for manual review.

Keep includeAlternatives enabled during QA or data cleanup.

Common use cases

CRM cleanup

Find missing website fields from account names.

Lead enrichment

Resolve company domains before email or contact enrichment.

Account matching

Use the domain as a stable key across tools.

Market mapping

Build company-domain datasets for industries, regions, or event attendee lists.

Duplicate detection

Group company records that resolve to the same domain.

Integrations

Google Sheets

Export CSV and import domains into a sheet for manual review.

HubSpot

Use domain or websiteUrl to update company properties.

Salesforce

Join results back to Accounts using the original companyName.

Clay or enrichment tools

Use the domain as the next enrichment key.

Data warehouses

Load the dataset through the Apify API into BigQuery, Snowflake, or Postgres.

API usage

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/company-domain-finder').call({
  companies: [{ name: 'OpenAI' }, { name: 'Stripe' }],
});
console.log(run.defaultDatasetId);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('MY-APIFY-TOKEN')
run = client.actor('automation-lab/company-domain-finder').call(
    run_input={'companies': [{'name': 'OpenAI'}, {'name': 'Stripe'}]}
)
print(run['defaultDatasetId'])

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~company-domain-finder/runs?token=MY-APIFY-TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"companies":[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Stripe"}]}'

MCP integration

Use this Actor from Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or other MCP clients through Apify MCP.

MCP URL:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/company-domain-finder

Claude Code setup:

$claude mcp add apify-company-domain-finder https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/company-domain-finder

Claude Desktop JSON config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-company-domain-finder": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/company-domain-finder"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts:

• "Find official domains for these 50 company names."
• "Resolve this event attendee company list and return a CSV."
• "Which of these CRM accounts have low-confidence domain matches?"

Reliability notes

The Actor uses public search result pages.

Search engines can change result layouts.

The output includes source evidence so you can audit matches.

For very ambiguous company names, use country and domain hints.

Limitations

This Actor does not verify domain ownership through a paid data provider.

It does not promise email addresses or phone numbers.

It does not log into websites.

It does not bypass private data walls.

It returns the best public-search candidate.

Legality

This Actor works with public search result snippets and public website URLs.

You are responsible for using the output according to applicable laws, platform terms, and your own compliance requirements.

Do not use the output for spam or unlawful outreach.

Troubleshooting

Why is the status low_confidence?

The Actor found a candidate but its score was below your minConfidence threshold.

Review alternatives and lower the threshold if the candidate is acceptable.

Why is the domain null?

The company may be ambiguous, unavailable in public results, or blocked by directory/social filtering.

Try adding a country or domain hint.

Should I enable proxy?

Only enable proxy if direct requests fail or return no results unexpectedly.

Direct HTTP is cheaper and is the default.

FAQ

Can I upload thousands of companies?

Yes, but start with a small test batch to review matching quality.

Does it return social links?

The first version focuses on domains. It records matched hints from search evidence when present.

Does it work for subsidiaries?

Often, but hints improve accuracy for subsidiaries and regional entities.

Can I use the result for deduplication?

Yes. The domain field is designed to be a practical matching key.

Related scrapers

You may also find these automation-lab Actors useful:

• https://apify.com/automation-lab/google-maps-scraper
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/company-enrichment-tool
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/contact-info-scraper
• https://apify.com/automation-lab/b2b-leads-finder

Changelog

0.1

Initial build for bulk company-name to domain matching.

Support

If a result looks wrong, rerun with includeAlternatives enabled and provide the company name, country hint, and candidate output when reporting the issue.