# Find Business Owner by Company Name or Website | Lens (`cocoa_cherry/lens-find-business-owner`) Actor

Find the owner or leadership of a local/SMB business from company name or website + location. Optional email and website enrichment. Built for local lead gen and SMB outbound. Billed via Apify Store (pay per result).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cocoa\_cherry/lens-find-business-owner.md
- **Developed by:** [Hans Dekker](https://apify.com/cocoa_cherry) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 94.1% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $20.00 / 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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

## Find Business Owner by Company Name or Website | Lens

Find the owner or leadership of local/SMB businesses from company name or website + location. Pass one company or up to 1000 in bulk. Optional email and website enrichment. Built for local lead gen and SMB outbound. Billed via Apify Store (pay per result).

Find the owner or leadership of a local/SMB business from company name or website + location.

Apify Store Actor powered by Lens data. Results are pushed to the default dataset. **Billed via Apify** (pay per result) — no Lens account or API key required.

### Inputs

- Singular: `companyName` or `companyWebsite` + `location`
- Bulk (up to 1000):
  - `companyWebsites[]` or `companyNames[]` + shared `location`
  - or `companies[]` JSON: `{ companyName?, companyWebsite?, location?, businessType? }`
- `concurrency` — parallel lookups (default 3)
- optional `findEmail`, `findWebsite`

### Pricing (Apify PPE)

| Event | When | Price (guide) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `apify-default-dataset-item` (result) | Owner lookup row | **$0.03** |
| `website-found` | `findWebsite` toggle on | **$0.03** |
| `email-found` ×2 | `findEmail` toggle on | **$0.06** (two × $0.03) |

Mirrors Lens prepaid enrich (base 3 + website 3 + email 6 credits).

### Docs

https://docs.lens.ly/api/find-business-owner

### Local layout

This Actor lives under `marketplace/apify/` and shares helpers from `marketplace/apify/shared/`.
Docker build context is the `marketplace/apify` root (`dockerContextDir` in `.actor/actor.json`).

# Actor input Schema

## `companyName` (type: `string`):

Single company name. Ignored when bulk fields are set.

## `companyWebsite` (type: `string`):

Single company website. Ignored when bulk fields are set.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City / region required for owner search. Shared across companyWebsites\[] / companyNames\[]; can be overridden per item in companies\[].

## `businessType` (type: `string`):

Optional business type hint (shared across bulk items).

## `companyWebsites` (type: `array`):

Bulk mode: up to 1000 websites (one per row). Uses shared Location. One dataset row per company.

## `companyNames` (type: `array`):

Bulk mode: up to 1000 company names (one per row). Uses shared Location.

## `companies` (type: `array`):

Bulk mode: array of { companyName?, companyWebsite?, location?, businessType? }. location falls back to shared Location. Max 1000 total companies across all bulk fields.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel owner lookups during bulk runs (1–20, default 3).

## `findEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Find email

## `findWebsite` (type: `boolean`):

Find website

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companyWebsite": "https://franklinbbq.com",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "concurrency": 3,
  "findEmail": false,
  "findWebsite": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All dataset items pushed by this run.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

JSON summary written to the OUTPUT key.

# 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 = {
    "companyWebsite": "https://franklinbbq.com",
    "location": "Austin, TX"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cocoa_cherry/lens-find-business-owner").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 = {
    "companyWebsite": "https://franklinbbq.com",
    "location": "Austin, TX",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cocoa_cherry/lens-find-business-owner").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 '{
  "companyWebsite": "https://franklinbbq.com",
  "location": "Austin, TX"
}' |
apify call cocoa_cherry/lens-find-business-owner --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,cocoa_cherry/lens-find-business-owner"
        }
    }
}

```

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/oCnNfrwwN27vVyT5d/builds/VKXR8kr6QdS1WZLSr/openapi.json