# France Company Announcements (BODACC) – Sales & Insolvencies (`bstandco/france-company-announcements`) Actor

Official French company announcements from BODACC: new companies, business sales with price, insolvency proceedings, changes and closures. Filter by department, keyword and event type; get only new ones daily.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bstandco/france-company-announcements.md
- **Developed by:** [BSTAndCo](https://apify.com/bstandco) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.10 / 1,000 announcements

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## France Company Announcements (BODACC) – Creations, Sales, Insolvencies

Get the **official French company announcements** published in the **BODACC**: **new companies**, **business sales (with the price)**, **insolvency proceedings** (receivership, liquidation), **company changes** (registered office moves, dissolution, change of officers) and **closures**.

Filter by **event type, department, postal code and keyword**, and turn on **“only new since last run”** to receive a daily feed.

### Who is it for?

- **Accountants, banks, insurers & B2B suppliers** – reach newly created companies in your area first.
- **Business buyers & brokers** – follow business sales (fonds de commerce) and their prices by sector and city.
- **Credit & risk teams** – monitor insolvency proceedings of customers and suppliers.
- **Local economy observers & journalists** – track creations and closures in a territory.

### What data do you get?

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `publishedAt`, `eventType`, `eventLabel` | 2026-09-22, `vente`, Business sale / transfer |
| `companyName`, `siren`, `legalForm`, `capital` | ABRAHAM, 853718609, SARL |
| `activity` | Restaurant, traditional food… |
| `headOffice`, `establishmentAddress`, `postalCode`, `city`, `department` | company addresses |
| `salePriceEur`, `saleCategory`, `saleEffectiveDate`, `previousOwner` | 100,000 €, purchase, previous owner company |
| `judgmentType`, `judgmentNature`, `judgmentDate` | Opening of judicial liquidation, 2026-09-01 |
| `changes` | `registered_office`, `officers`, `dissolution`, `activity`… |
| `activityStartDate`, `creationCategory` | for creations |
| `accountsClosingDate`, `accountsFilingType`, `accountsConfidential` | for accounts filings (event type `dpc`, off by default) |
| `officialUrl`, `court` | official BODACC notice |

### How to use

Example – companies created in the Cantal (15) in the last 30 days:

```json
{
  "eventTypes": ["creation"],
  "departments": ["15"],
  "publishedLastDays": 30
}
```

Example – daily feed of restaurant sales in Lyon's postal codes:

```json
{
  "eventTypes": ["vente"],
  "keywords": ["restaurant"],
  "postalCodes": ["69001", "69002", "69003"],
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true
}
```

Schedule it daily and connect email, Slack or Google Sheets.

### Privacy by design

- Only **companies (legal entities)** are returned. Announcements about **individuals** (sole traders) are never collected.
- **Names of company officers, partners, notaries and court administrators are removed**: free-text fields that can contain them are replaced by structured flags (e.g. `changes: ["officers"]`).
- A business sold by an individual shows `previousOwner.individual: true` with no name.

### Data notes

Some notices (mostly company changes) are published without any address: `city` and `postalCode` are then empty, but `department`, `companyName` and `siren` are always filled in.

### Pricing

You pay a small fee per announcement returned.

### Data source & license

Data comes from the official **BODACC** (Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales) published by the DILA on [data.gouv.fr](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/bodacc), under the **Licence Ouverte v2.0 (Etalab)**, which allows commercial reuse with attribution. Every result includes a `source` field with this attribution.

This Actor is not affiliated with the French government.

# Actor input Schema

## `eventTypes` (type: `array`):

Kinds of announcements. Empty = all except accounts filings.

## `departments` (type: `array`):

Department numbers, e.g. 15, 69, 2A, 974.

## `postalCodes` (type: `array`):

French postal codes, e.g. 75013.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Words searched in the company name and activity (French), e.g. restaurant, boulangerie, informatique.

## `publishedLastDays` (type: `integer`):

0 = no date limit.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Turn on and schedule this Actor (e.g. daily) to get only announcements you have not seen yet.

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Use a different name per saved search so their 'already seen' lists stay separate.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of announcements to return (newest first).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "eventTypes": [
    "creation"
  ],
  "publishedLastDays": 7,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "monitorName": "default",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Company announcements with company, event, sale price or judgment. Main fields in a table.

## `results` (type: `string`):

Company announcements with company, event, sale price or judgment. Every field (JSON).

# 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 = {
    "eventTypes": [
        "creation"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bstandco/france-company-announcements").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 = { "eventTypes": ["creation"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bstandco/france-company-announcements").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 '{
  "eventTypes": [
    "creation"
  ]
}' |
apify call bstandco/france-company-announcements --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bstandco/france-company-announcements"
        }
    }
}
```

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/gOFLujXFPLTp02bXA/builds/YgoeCUMwaRdaXv47c/openapi.json