French Legal Announcements · BODACC Scraper

Pull official French legal announcements in minutes: monitor new company registrations, insolvency proceedings, business sales, and annual account filings — filtered by date range, department, or SIREN. No API key. No login. Data comes directly from the official BODACC register (bodacc.fr), published by DILA (French government).

Built for: Daily lead gen · Risk monitoring · Compliance & KYB · M&A sourcing · CRM enrichment

Want the full company profile for a SIREN? Use the French Companies Scraper — paste SIRENs and get directors, financials, address, VAT, and more.

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What does this Actor do?

The BODACC (Bulletin Officiel des Annonces Civiles et Commerciales) is France's official legal gazette. Every business day it publishes thousands of court-validated announcements covering the entire French company lifecycle.

Mode	Input	Behavior
Date range	Start and end date	All announcements published in that window, filtered by type and/or department. Default: yesterday → today — ideal for daily scheduled runs.
SIREN list	One or more 9-digit SIRENs	Every announcement ever published for those companies — full history.

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What types of announcements are available?

Type	familleavis	Use case
Registrations	immatriculation	New companies, transfers — fresh lead pipeline
Insolvency	collective	Redressement, liquidation — risk signals, debt recovery
Business sales	vente	Cessions de fonds de commerce — M&A sourcing
Accounts filing	depot	Annual accounts deposited — financial monitoring
Other notices	avis	Miscellaneous legal notices

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What data does it extract?

Category	Fields
Identity	id, date, type, siren, company, notice_type
Location	city, postal_code, department, department_code, region
Registration details	legal_form, capital_eur, management, address, activity, registration_date, activity_start_date
Insolvency details	court, judgment_type, judgment_date, judgment_details
Sale details	sale_origin, activity, address
Source	url — direct link to the announcement on bodacc.fr

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Input examples

Date range — all registrations and insolvencies yesterday (default)

{
  "mode": "dateRange",
  "announcementTypes": ["immatriculation", "collective"],
  "maxResults": 0
}

Date range — new companies in Paris in April 2026

{
  "mode": "dateRange",
  "announcementTypes": ["immatriculation"],
  "dateFrom": "2026-04-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-04-30",
  "departments": ["75"],
  "maxResults": 0
}

SIREN list — full announcement history for specific companies

{
  "mode": "sirens",
  "sirens": ["552032534", "380129866"]
}

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All input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	"dateRange"	**dateRange** or **sirens**.
announcementTypes	string[]	["immatriculation", "collective"]	[Date range] Types to include. Values: immatriculation, collective, vente, depot, avis.
dateFrom	string	yesterday	[Date range] Start date YYYY-MM-DD.
dateTo	string	today	[Date range] End date YYYY-MM-DD.
departments	string[]	(all France)	[Date range] Optional department codes (e.g. "75", "69").
sirens	string[]	—	[SIREN mode] One SIREN per line (9 digits).
maxResults	integer	500	Max announcements. 0 = no cap.

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How to use (Apify Console)

Date range (daily monitoring)

1. Select Date range.
2. Choose Announcement types (Registrations, Insolvency, or both).
3. Leave dates blank for yesterday → today, or set a custom range.
4. Optionally add Department codes to focus on a region.
5. Click Start — export from the Dataset tab.

Tip: schedule this Actor to run every morning to build a fresh daily lead list.

SIREN list

1. Select SIREN list.
2. Paste SIRENs (one per line).
3. Click Start — get the full announcement history for each company.

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Output example

{
  "id": "A202600811154",
  "date": "2026-04-28",
  "type": "Registration",
  "siren": "838604445",
  "company": "LABORATOIRE SMILETECH",
  "legal_form": "Société par actions simplifiée",
  "capital_eur": 5000,
  "management": "Président : ROGER Jean-Baptiste, Claude",
  "activity": "fabrication et vente de prothèses dentaires",
  "address": "1 Rue du Bosc 27460 Alizay",
  "city": "Alizay",
  "postal_code": "27460",
  "department": "Eure",
  "department_code": "27",
  "region": "Normandie",
  "court": "Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce d'Evreux",
  "registration_date": "2026-04-23",
  "activity_start_date": "2026-04-09",
  "url": "https://www.bodacc.fr/pages/annonces-commerciales-detail/?q.id=id:A202600811154"
}

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Local development

npm install
npm start

Edit input.json at the repo root to change the run parameters locally. The storage/ folder is excluded from the push bundle via .apifyignore.

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Companion actors

• French Companies Scraper — search companies by filters or enrich SIRENs with directors, financials, and VAT
• French Establishments Scraper — get every SIRET (branch address, NAF, status) for a list of SIRENs

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Support

Contact corentin@outreacher.fr for custom data pipelines or scheduled monitoring setups.