Brazil CNPJ Scraper - Receita Federal Company Data

Look up Brazilian companies by CNPJ. Returns full Receita Federal record: legal name, trade name, address, phone, email, capital, share capital, primary and secondary economic activities (CNAE), partners (QSA), opening date, status, and SIMPLES Nacional opt-in.

Quick start

Run with the default input — no configuration needed for the first try:

{
    "cnpjs": [
        "33000167000101"
    ],
    "maxItems": 10
}

Or trigger via the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<USERNAME>~brazil-cnpj-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
cnpjs	array	["33000167000101"]	List of Brazilian company tax IDs (CNPJ). Numbers only, 14 digits each. Default: Petrobras.
maxItems	integer	10	Cap on number of CNPJs fetched. Free tier rate limit is 3 requests/min.

Output fields

Each dataset record contains at least these fields:

Field	Type	Description
cnpj	text	CNPJ
nome	text	Legal Name
fantasia	text	Trade Name
logradouro	text	Address
municipio	text	City
uf	text	State
telefone	text	Phone
email	text	Email

Plus a scrapedAt timestamp and any source-specific extra fields visible in the All fields view of the Apify console.

Pricing

Pay-per-event:

• Actor start — $0.0500 per event. Charged when the actor starts
• Company record — $0.0200 per event. Charged per CNPJ scraped

How it works

This Actor calls the source's public web/API and parses the response. Results stream to the dataset and can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, or RSS via the Apify Console or API.

Use cases

• Bulk research and lead generation
• Feeding data warehouses, BI tools, or LLM/RAG pipelines
• Scheduled monitoring of changes over time
• Combining with other Apify Actors via Make, Zapier, n8n, or native Apify integrations

Compliance

Use this Actor only for purposes that comply with the source site's terms of service and applicable law. Respect rate limits. The author is not affiliated with the source.

Support

Questions, bugs, or feature requests — message the author via the Apify Console.