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 keyword, date range, department, or SIREN.

No API key. No login. No account on bodacc.fr.

Built for compliance teams, outbound sales, and market research — see Who is this for? below.

Need phone, email, or directors for a SIREN? Use the French Companies Scraper — paste SIRENs and get directors, financials, address, VAT, and more.

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Who is this for?

You are…	Typical goal	Suggested setup
Outbound / SDR team	Fresh company-creation leads by trade or keyword	Preset Daily new businesses · add Keywords
Credit / risk analyst	Insolvency and collective procedure monitoring	Preset Insolvency watch · daily schedule
M&A / biz-dev	Business sales and cessions de fonds	Preset M&A — business sales · region via JSON
Compliance / KYB	Full announcement history for known SIRENs	Preset Full SIREN history · paste SIRENs
Data / ops	Scheduled master table of daily gazette notices	Preset Daily new businesses · maxResults: 0
Agency / integrator	CRM feed from official French register	Paste bodacc.fr searchUrl · export JSON or CSV

What you get: one row per announcement with SIREN, company name, trade name, dates, location, legal details, and a direct link to bodacc.fr — export-ready JSON or CSV.

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Quick start

Console (2 clicks)

1. Leave What do you need? on Daily new businesses.
2. Click Start — export from the Dataset tab.

Optional: add Keywords (restaurant, paysagiste…) to filter by trade. Schedule the Actor every morning for a fresh daily list.

Already searched on bodacc.fr?

1. Copy the URL from your browser.
2. Paste into BODACC search URL.
3. Click Start — keywords, types, dates, and departments are extracted automatically.

Track specific companies

1. Set What do you need? to Full SIREN history.
2. Paste SIRENs (one per line) into SIRENs.
3. Click Start.

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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, keyword, 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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Run presets

Preset	What it does
Daily new businesses	Yesterday→today · creations + immatriculations · dedupe by SIREN
Insolvency watch	Collective proceedings · insolvency export profile
M&A — business sales	vente announcements · lead-gen export profile
Full SIREN history	SIREN list mode · no row cap

Advanced filters (regions, enrichment, all announcement types) are available via API JSON — see API-only parameters below.

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What data does it extract?

Category	Fields
Identity	announcement_id, date, announcement_type, siren, company, trade_name, person_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, seller_name, seller_siren
Modification details	modification_descriptif
Radiation details	radiation_type, radiation_details
Accounts filing	accounts_closing_date, filing_type
Source	url — direct link to the announcement on bodacc.fr
Register enrichment	company_naf, company_status, company_category, company_headcount_band, company_directors, company_gouv_url (optional, HTTP)

Typical field coverage

Measured on a production run with 1 000 announcements (mixed types, all regions).

Field	Coverage	Notes
announcement_id, date, siren, url	100%	Core identity — always present
company, city, department_code	100%	On all announcements
announcement_type (English label)	100%	Mapped from familleavis
legal_form, activity	~85%	Present on registrations, not on insolvency/sales
court, judgment_type	~100% of collective	Insolvency-type only
sale_origin, seller_name	~100% of vente	Business-sale-type only
modification_descriptif	~90% of modification	When court publishes the description
Email / phone	0%	Not in this register — use French Companies Scraper to enrich

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How much does it cost to scrape BODACC?

Pay per event — you pay per announcement row written to the dataset, not for idle compute. BODACC fetches are lightweight HTTP calls; compute cost is minimal.

Scenario	Rows billed	FREE	Bronze	Silver	Gold
25 announcements (preview)	25	~$0.17	~$0.16	~$0.15	~$0.14
500 announcements (daily run)	500	~$2.55	~$2.30	~$2.05	~$1.80
5 000 announcements	5 000	~$25.00	~$22.50	~$20.00	~$17.50
50 000 announcements (bulk)	50 000	~$249.55	~$224.55	~$199.55	~$174.55

Includes the one-time actor-start charge ($0.05). Row prices decrease at each Apify plan tier.

Optional company register enrichment adds $0.001–0.002 per unique SIREN enriched, depending on your plan.

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What types of announcements are available?

Type	familleavis	Use case
Creation	creation	New company registrations — fresh lead pipeline
Modification	modification	Changes to existing companies
Radiation	radiation	Deregistrations / closures
Insolvency	collective	Redressement, liquidation — risk signals, debt recovery
Business sales	vente	Cessions de fonds de commerce — M&A sourcing
Immatriculation	immatriculation	RCS/RM registrations
Accounts filing	dpc	Annual accounts deposited — financial monitoring
Other notices	divers	Miscellaneous legal notices

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Input examples

Quickest start — paste a BODACC URL

Run a search on bodacc.fr, apply your filters, copy the URL, and paste it into searchUrl.

{
  "searchUrl": "https://www.bodacc.fr/pages/annonces-commerciales/?q=peinture&refine.familleavis=creation&q.from_date=dateparution%3E%3D%222026-01-01%22",
  "maxResults": 0
}

Multi-keyword lead gen — paysagistes created in the last 3 months

{
  "keywords": ["paysagiste", "espaces verts", "jardinage", "élagage", "tonte"],
  "announcementTypes": ["creation"],
  "dateFrom": "2026-02-10",
  "dateTo": "2026-05-10",
  "maxResults": 0
}

All registrations and insolvencies yesterday (daily preset)

{
  "runPreset": "daily_new_businesses",
  "maxResults": 0
}

New companies in Paris in April 2026

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

SIREN list — full announcement history for specific companies

{
  "runPreset": "siren_history",
  "sirens": ["552032534", "380129866"]
}

Insolvency watch with company enrichment

{
  "runPreset": "insolvency_watch",
  "enrichWithCompanyProfile": true,
  "maxResults": 0
}

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All input parameters

Console (what you see in Apify)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
runPreset	string	daily_new_businesses	What do you need? — sets dates, types, dedupe, and export shape.
searchUrl	string	—	Optional bodacc.fr URL — filters extracted automatically.
keywords	string[]	—	Optional trade filter — one term per line, OR logic.
sirens	string[]	—	Required for Full SIREN history preset only.
maxResults	integer	500	Row cap. 0 = no cap.

API-only (JSON runs — not shown in Console)

Pass these in the run input JSON when you need full control:

Parameter	Type	Description
mode	string	dateRange or sirens (usually set by preset).
announcementTypes	string[]	creation, modification, radiation, collective, vente, immatriculation, dpc, divers.
dateFrom / dateTo	string	YYYY-MM-DD publication window.
regionPreset	string	ile_de_france, paca, auvergne_rhone_alpes, … or national.
departments	string[]	Manual department codes — overrides region preset.
dedupeBySiren	boolean	One row per SIREN (latest notice).
enrichWithCompanyProfile	boolean	Add NAF, status, directors from company register (+$0.001–0.002/SIREN).
exportProfile	string	full, lead_gen, or insolvency.

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Output examples

Creation — new company registration (lead gen)

{
  "announcement_id": "A202600883630",
  "date": "2026-05-09",
  "announcement_type": "Creation",
  "company": "BOULANGER, Jean, Laurent",
  "trade_name": "LB Run Multiservices",
  "siren": "104211982",
  "person_type": "individual",
  "city": "Le Tampon",
  "postal_code": "97430",
  "department_code": "974",
  "department": "La Réunion",
  "region": "La Réunion",
  "legal_form": "Entrepreneur individuel",
  "activity": "Prestations de petit bricolage, petits travaux de peinture, pose de revêtements, entretien d'espaces verts.",
  "registration_date": "2026-04-29",
  "activity_start_date": "2026-05-18",
  "url": "https://www.bodacc.fr/pages/annonces-commerciales-detail/?q.id=id:A202600883630"
}

Insolvency — collective proceeding (risk / compliance)

{
  "announcement_id": "B202600412001",
  "date": "2026-05-07",
  "announcement_type": "Insolvency",
  "company": "DUPONT RESTAURATION SARL",
  "siren": "381204567",
  "person_type": "company",
  "city": "Lyon",
  "postal_code": "69003",
  "department_code": "69",
  "department": "Rhône",
  "region": "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes",
  "court": "Tribunal de Commerce de Lyon",
  "judgment_type": "Redressement judiciaire",
  "judgment_date": "2026-04-30",
  "judgment_details": "Ouverture d'une période d'observation de 6 mois.",
  "url": "https://www.bodacc.fr/pages/annonces-commerciales-detail/?q.id=id:B202600412001"
}

Business sale — cession de fonds (M&A)

{
  "announcement_id": "C202600305210",
  "date": "2026-05-08",
  "announcement_type": "Business sale",
  "company": "MARTIN COIFFURE",
  "siren": "443817203",
  "person_type": "company",
  "city": "Bordeaux",
  "postal_code": "33000",
  "department_code": "33",
  "department": "Gironde",
  "region": "Nouvelle-Aquitaine",
  "sale_origin": "Vente",
  "seller_name": "MARTIN, Sophie",
  "seller_siren": "443817203",
  "activity": "Salon de coiffure mixte",
  "url": "https://www.bodacc.fr/pages/annonces-commerciales-detail/?q.id=id:C202600305210"
}

Radiation — company closure

{
  "announcement_id": "A202600791040",
  "date": "2026-05-06",
  "announcement_type": "Radiation",
  "company": "TECH SOLUTIONS SAS",
  "siren": "512398741",
  "person_type": "company",
  "city": "Paris",
  "postal_code": "75011",
  "department_code": "75",
  "department": "Paris",
  "region": "Île-de-France",
  "radiation_type": "Radiation suite à dissolution",
  "radiation_details": "Clôture de liquidation amiable.",
  "url": "https://www.bodacc.fr/pages/annonces-commerciales-detail/?q.id=id:A202600791040"
}

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Local development

npm install
npm start
npm run test:all    # unit + live coverage + smoke + validation + proposition audit

Edit input.json at the repo root to change the run parameters locally. Results are written to output.csv and storage/. Both are excluded from the push bundle via .apifyignore.

Memory: HTTP-only runs need 256–512 MB. Default actor.json is 512 MB.

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Is it legal to scrape BODACC?

This Actor reads data published in the Bulletin Officiel des Annonces Civiles et Commerciales (BODACC), France's official legal gazette, via the same public API used by bodacc.fr. Announcements are court-validated public records.

As with any dataset that may contain personal or business identifiers, ensure your use complies with GDPR, French data-protection rules, and your internal compliance policies. This tool does not bypass authentication or access non-public registers.

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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
• French Accountants Directory Scraper — expert-comptable firms from the official Ordre register
• Notaires.fr Directory Scraper — official notary offices nationwide or from profile URLs

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Support

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