# UK Company Leads (`cognit-dev/uk-company-leads`) Actor

New and existing UK companies from Companies House, filtered by town or postcode, SIC code and incorporation date. Optional: website, generic company emails and social links. Excel, CSV or JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cognit-dev/uk-company-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Cognit](https://apify.com/cognit-dev) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 companies

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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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

## UK Company Leads

Get lists of UK companies straight from Companies House: new limited companies in Manchester this month, every IT company in Bristol, or all construction firms incorporated in Leeds this year. Optionally add each company's website, generic company email and social media pages.

**For business use only (B2B).**

### What you can do with it

- **Find new customers early.** Newly incorporated companies need accountants, banks, insurance, websites, IT and office space. Run it monthly and reach them first.
- **Build regional or industry lists** for sales, marketing or market research.
- **Find companies without a website.** Web agencies and marketers can target businesses that have no online presence yet.

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Towns, cities or postcodes | `Manchester`, `BS1` | Matched against the registered office address. Leave empty for the whole UK. |
| Incorporated on or after / before | `2026-09-01` | Incorporation date range. |
| SIC codes | `62`, `56101` | SIC 2007 code or prefix: 62 IT, 41/43 construction, 56 restaurants, 69 accounting and legal. |
| Company type | Ltd | Ltd, PLC or LLP. Active companies only. |
| Find website, emails and social links | on/off | You only pay for companies where a website is found. |
| Max companies | `1000` | Stops after this many. |

### Output

One row per company. Download as Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML, or use the API.

```json
{
  "companyNumber": "16712345",
  "name": "NORTHERN PIXEL STUDIO LTD",
  "companyType": "Private limited company",
  "sicCodes": "62012",
  "industry": "Business and domestic software development",
  "street": "12, Oldham Street",
  "city": "Manchester",
  "region": "",
  "postCode": "M1 1JN",
  "country": "England",
  "registrationDate": "2026-09-03",
  "website": "https://northernpixel.co.uk",
  "websiteMatch": "companyNumber",
  "emails": "hello@northernpixel.co.uk",
  "socials": "https://instagram.com/northernpixel",
  "source": "Companies House, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0"
}
```

(Example values are illustrative.)

With **Find website, emails and social links** on:

- `website` and `websiteMatch` show how the site was matched:
  - `companyNumber`: the company's registration number was found on the site (UK companies must show it on their website).
  - `name`: the company name plus its postcode, town or a +44 phone number were found on the site.
- `emails`: generic company addresses only (info@, sales@, enquiries@ ...).
- `socials`: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X pages.

Very new companies often have no website yet, so expect fewer contacts for last month's incorporations.

### Pricing

You pay only for results:

- **Company data:** $3 per 1,000 companies.
- **Website found:** $0.03 per company where we find and verify the website (with its generic emails and social links). Companies where nothing is found cost nothing extra.

So 1,000 companies with contacts turned on, of which 80 have a website, cost $3 + 80 × $0.03 = $5.40.

Set a maximum cost per run in Apify, and the run stops when it's reached.

### Privacy and UK GDPR

- Only limited companies, PLCs and LLPs. Sole traders are not on the register.
- Directors and other people are not included.
- Personal email addresses (such as firstname.lastname@) are never collected, only generic company addresses.
- "Care of" names and PO boxes are removed from addresses.

### Using the data for marketing

Under PECR, you can generally email limited companies and LLPs without prior consent, as long as you say who you are and offer an easy opt-out. Sole traders and partnerships need consent. You are responsible for following the law where you use the data.

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?** Every run reads Companies House live, so new incorporations appear within a day or two.

**Why is a company's website missing?** Companies House doesn't record websites, and we couldn't match one safely. We prefer leaving it empty over returning the wrong company's site.

**Can I get directors' names, phone numbers or named contacts?** No. They are personal data, so we leave them out.

### Data source and licence

Company data: Companies House, contains public sector information licensed under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Companies House.

Looking for Finland? See [Finnish Company Leads](https://apify.com/cognit-dev/finnish-company-leads).

# Actor input Schema

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Matched against the registered office address, e.g. Manchester, Leeds, BS1. Leave empty for the whole UK (use a date range then).

## `incorporatedFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Tip: last month = this month's new leads.

## `incorporatedTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

## `sicCodes` (type: `array`):

SIC 2007 codes or prefixes (at least 2 digits): 62 IT, 41/43 construction, 56 restaurants, 69 accounting and legal, 68 real estate.

## `companyType` (type: `string`):

Only active companies are returned. Sole traders and ordinary partnerships are not on the register.

## `withContacts` (type: `boolean`):

Finds each company's website and collects generic company emails (info@, sales@, enquiries@ ...) and Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X pages. Personal emails are never collected. Charged only for companies where a website is found.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many companies.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "locations": [
    "Manchester"
  ],
  "companyType": "ltd",
  "withContacts": false,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "locations": [
        "Manchester"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cognit-dev/uk-company-leads").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 = { "locations": ["Manchester"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cognit-dev/uk-company-leads").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 '{
  "locations": [
    "Manchester"
  ]
}' |
apify call cognit-dev/uk-company-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,cognit-dev/uk-company-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

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/2pawbqfovLdUbGEP0/builds/5IT7Z6Zg2abCKuPQQ/openapi.json