Anwalt.de Scraper — German Lawyers Directory

Extract German lawyer profiles from anwalt.de — Germany's #1 lawyer directory with 100,000+ registered attorneys.

Built for legal-tech platforms, B2B lead-gen for legal services, market research, and competitive intel.

What you get

• Verified-quality lawyer data: name, phone, address, practice areas, ratings, review count, Fachanwalt status, distance
• Detail enrichment: email, website, full bio, all practice areas, languages
• Filter by city + practice area (e.g., Berlin + Familienrecht)
• Specialist-only filter (Fachanwälte)
• TLS-impersonation via curl-cffi — bypasses anwalt.de's anti-bot without a browser
• No headless browser overhead — pure HTTP speed
• Apify DE Residential Proxy baked in
• Pre-built dataset Overview in Apify Console for instant inspection

Why this scraper (vs. alternatives)

	Build your own	Generic scraper	This actor
Bypasses anwalt.de anti-bot	Hard — needs curl-cffi or browser	Often fails	Built-in TLS-impersonation
Fachanwalt status detection	Manual	Often missed	Native flag
Phone normalized to E.164	Manual	No	+49... format
Email + bio + website	Manual	No	Single flag (fetchDetails)
DE residential proxy	Costs $50+/mo	Bring your own	Included

Input

Field	Type	Description
city	string	German city (e.g., "Berlin", "München"). Leave empty for nationwide
practiceArea	string	Practice area slug (e.g., familienrecht, arbeitsrecht, strafrecht, mietrecht, erbrecht, verkehrsrecht, steuerrecht)
specialistOnly	bool	Only Fachanwälte (certified specialists)
startUrls	string[]	Direct anwalt.de URLs (overrides city + practiceArea)
fetchDetails	bool	Visit each profile for email, website, bio, all practice areas, languages
maxResults	int	Default 100, max 5000
delaySeconds	float	Polite delay (default 1.5s)
proxyConfiguration	object	DE proxy default

Example Input

{
  "city": "Berlin",
  "practiceArea": "familienrecht",
  "specialistOnly": true,
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "delaySeconds": 1.5
}

Output (sample)

{
  "slug": "sebastian-knebel",
  "url": "https://www.anwalt.de/sebastian-knebel",
  "title": "Rechtsanwalt",
  "name": "Sebastian Knebel",
  "is_specialist": false,
  "law_firm": "Kanzlei Sebastian Knebel",
  "address": "Bahnhofstr. 16, 35274 Kirchhain",
  "phone": "+4964229259888",
  "practice_areas": ["Arbeitsrecht", "Sozialrecht", "Strafrecht"],
  "rating": 5.0,
  "review_count": 2,
  "distance_km": 80.4,
  "last_review_excerpt": "Sehr guter Anwalt, immer wieder.",
  "search_city": "Berlin",
  "search_practice_area": "familienrecht",
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-28T15:30:00+00:00",
  "email": "kontakt@kanzlei-knebel.de",
  "website": "https://www.kanzlei-knebel.de",
  "bio": "...",
  "all_practice_areas": ["...", "..."],
  "languages": ["Deutsch", "Englisch"]
}

email, website, bio, all_practice_areas, languages only when fetchDetails: true.

Use cases

• Legal-tech onboarding — pre-populate lawyer databases by region/specialization
• B2B lead-gen — find lawyers practicing in your target market (CRM tools, legal software, marketing services)
• Market research — aggregate ratings, review counts, practice area saturation per city
• Compliance / KYC — verify lawyer credentials (Fachanwalt status, registration)
• Directory aggregation — build local "find a lawyer" tools or comparison sites
• Recruiting — identify lawyers in specific practice areas for headhunting

Pricing

Pay-Per-Event — premium B2B data:

• $0.025 per lawyer
• $0.00005 actor-start fee

Example runs

Use case	Lawyers	Cost
Quick local scan	50	$1.25
Berlin family-law specialists (detail enriched)	100	$2.50
Multi-city lead-gen sweep (5 cities × 100)	500	$12.50
Nationwide practice-area snapshot	2,000	$50.00

Tips

• Keep the DE proxy (default) to avoid rate-limits
• fetchDetails: true increases run time ~3x but enriches with email/website/bio
• Practice area slugs are German (familienrecht, not family-law)
• For nationwide search, leave city empty
• Schedule weekly runs from Apify Console for fresh market data
• Combine with jameda-scraper if you also need medical professionals

FAQ

Q: How does the actor bypass anwalt.de's bot detection?
A: It uses curl-cffi with Chrome 120 TLS impersonation + session warm-up + smart retry-with-rewarmup on 403s. No headless browser needed.

Q: How accurate is the Fachanwalt detection?
A: 100% — the actor reads the official Fachanwalt designation directly from each profile.

Q: Can I get email addresses?
A: Yes — set fetchDetails: true. Emails come from publicly listed contact info on each lawyer's profile.

Q: How recent are the listings?
A: Real-time. Every run fetches live from anwalt.de.

Q: Are reviews scraped too?
A: Only the latest review excerpt + count + average rating. Full review text is not scraped to respect both anwalt.de's ToS and reviewer privacy.

Related actors

• jameda-scraper — German doctors directory (same premium B2B tier)
• kleinanzeigen-scraper — German marketplace listings
• immowelt-scraper — German real estate
• wg-gesucht-scraper — shared apartments

Legal & compliance

• Scrapes publicly accessible lawyer profiles only
• Lawyer contact data is public via anwalt.de's directory
• You are responsible for GDPR-compliant handling of contact data (no spam, opt-out on outreach)
• Don't republish full reviews — those are user-generated content owned by anwalt.de users

Support & feature requests

Open an issue on the Actor page or contact via Apify Console messaging. Custom features welcome.