French Lawyers · CNB Directory Contacts

Build a clean outbound / CRM list of French avocats from the official Conseil national des barreaux (CNB) national register — not PagesJaunes noise, not scraped LinkedIn guesses.

~81,000 lawyers · ~99.7% emails · ~93% phones · ~88% SIREN · 164 barreaux. Updated monthly. Open licence (Etalab 2.0).

No login. No API key. No browser. No residential proxy bill.

Compared to marketplace “seller Impressum” scrapers: those fight WAF with Chrome + residential and often miss emails. This Actor reads the same official file legaltech ops already trust — structured, cheap, and nearly complete on email.

Who is this for?

You are…	Typical goal	Suggested setup
Legaltech / cabinet software	Prospect list of decision-makers by barreau	Barreau = PARIS or LYON · Outreach view
RC pro insurer / broker	Firms to underwrite or renew	Mode Unique cabinets · dept 75 / 69
Training / CLE / éditeur	Attorneys in a practice area	Specialty = Droit du travail · Require specialty
SDR / agency selling to cabinets	Fresh email + phone file	Barreau + Require email
Data / ops	Monthly refresh of a territory	Max items = 0 · schedule

What you get by default: name, official email, phone, firm, address, barreau, city, department, SIREN/SIRET when present, languages, specialties when published.

When to switch to Unique cabinets: firm-level CRM (one row per SIREN with lawyer_count) instead of one row per avocat.

How to use

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Keep Barreau = PARIS and Max items = 50 for a first run — or set your market.
3. Optional: department (75), city, specialty keyword (Droit fiscal), Require email.
4. Click Start. Export JSON / CSV / Excel.

Max items = 0 → all matches (Free plan still capped at 100 rows / run).

Ready-made examples (published tasks)

Example	Best for
Paris lawyers · emails	Flagship Paris outbound
Lyon cabinets	Firm-level CRM · Lyon
Labour-law specialists	Niche specialty (Droit du travail)
Hauts-de-Seine · phone	Dept 92 · phone-ready

What it extracts

Category	Fields
Identity	full_name, first_name, last_name, civility, lawyer_id
Contacts	email, phone, fax
Firm	firm_name, legal_form, siren, siret, lawyer_count (cabinets mode)
Location	address_line1, postal_code, city, department, barreau
Practice	specialties, specialty_primary, languages, oath / practice dates

How much does it cost to scrape the CNB lawyer directory?

HTTP-only open data — compute stays low (default 1024 MB, no residential proxy).

	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Per lawyer (PPE)	$0.002	$0.0018	$0.0016	$0.0014	$0.0012	$0.001
50 lawyers (PPE)	$0.10	$0.09	$0.08	$0.07	$0.06	$0.05
1,000 lawyers (PPE)	$2.00	$1.80	$1.60	$1.40	$1.20	$1.00
Unique cabinet row	$0.002	$0.0018	$0.0016	$0.0014	$0.0012	$0.001

Free plan: 100 rows / run to test. Full France (~81k) is a paid / uncapped run.

Is it legal to scrape / reuse the CNB annuaire?

This Actor downloads the official open dataset published by the CNB on data.gouv.fr under Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0. As with any file containing personal data, ensure your use complies with GDPR (legitimate interest / B2B outreach rules, opt-out, etc.).

Input

Field	Default	Notes
mode	lawyers	or cabinets
barreaux	PARIS	multi-select (164 CNB barreaux)
departments	—	multi-select (postal dept codes)
cities	—	free-text contains match (too many cities for a dropdown)
specialties	—	contains match on official labels
keywords	—	name / firm / email
requireEmail / requirePhone / requireSpecialty	no	quality gates
excludeSalaried	no	skip salariés
maxItems	50	0 = no ceiling

{
  "mode": "lawyers",
  "barreaux": ["PARIS"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "requireEmail": "no"
}

Output

{
  "lawyer_id": "095048",
  "full_name": "Hervé DUVAL",
  "email": "h.duval@duval-legal.com",
  "phone": "01 47 64 45 41",
  "firm_name": "DUVAL LEGAL",
  "siren": "531581502",
  "barreau": "PARIS",
  "city": "PARIS",
  "postal_code": "75008",
  "department": "75",
  "specialty_primary": "Droit de la sécurité sociale et de la protection sociale",
  "specialties": ["Droit de la sécurité sociale et de la protection sociale"],
  "languages": ["Français"],
  "is_salaried": false,
  "source": "cnb-open-data"
}

How it works

1. Resolve the latest CNB CSV on data.gouv.fr.
2. Download + parse (~18 MB, UTF-8).
3. Apply your barreau / geo / specialty / quality filters.
4. Optionally aggregate unique cabinets by SIREN.
5. Export rows progressively to the dataset.

Tips

• Start with one barreau — Paris alone is ~35k lawyers.
• Use Require specialty only when you need a niche; most lawyers leave specialty blank.
• Prefer Unique cabinets when selling firm licences (legaltech, RC pro).
• Schedule a monthly run after CNB’s monthly refresh.

Limitations

• Data is only as fresh as the CNB monthly export.
• Specialty coverage is sparse (~6%).
• Address / phone quality depends on what each ordre transmitted.
• Not a substitute for RPVA / e-barreau software APIs (those need CNB référencement).

Also available

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Notaires.fr Scraper	Official notary directory — offices, phones, emails
French Accountants Scraper	Expert-comptable firms by city or France-wide
RGE France Scraper	Certified RGE artisans + named directors

Local development

cd ordre-avocats-france-annuaire
npm install
npm test
apify run --input-file=./input.smoke.json

Support

Contact corentin@outreacher.fr for custom filters or CRM integrations.