FDA Medical Device Establishment Registry Scraper

Search the FDA's public Medical Device Establishment Registration & Listing database (openFDA) by business/establishment name, registered device product name, or an exact FDA registration number. Returns real registered-business data — company name, full address, establishment activity type, owner/operator firm, US agent, and registered devices. HTTP-only via the public api.fda.gov REST API. No auth, no login, no proxy required.

What this actor does

• Three search modes: search by establishment/business name, by registered device name, or look up one exact FDA registration number
• Filters: US state, ISO country code, establishment activity type
• Rich company data: business name, address, owner/operator firm, US agent contact, registered device names & product codes
• Empty fields are omitted — every record only contains fields openFDA actually populated

Output per establishment

• establishmentName, registrationNumber, feiNumber, registrationExpiryYear
• addressLine1, addressLine2, city, stateCode, countryCode, zipCode, fullAddress
• establishmentTypes[] — FDA-defined activity types (manufacture / repack / sterilize / etc.)
• ownerOperatorName, ownerOperatorNumber
• usAgentName, usAgentBusinessName, usAgentCity, usAgentStateCode
• proprietaryNames[] — marketed device product names
• deviceNames[], productCodes[], deviceClasses[]
• kNumber, pmaNumber — associated FDA clearance/approval numbers where present
• sourceUrl — direct openFDA API query URL for the record
• recordType: "deviceEstablishment", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	searchByEstablishmentName	searchByEstablishmentName / searchByDeviceName / byRegistrationNumber
establishmentName	string	–	Business name (required for mode=searchByEstablishmentName; suggested value medtronic)
deviceName	string	–	Device product name (mode=searchByDeviceName)
registrationNumber	string	–	Exact FDA registration number (mode=byRegistrationNumber)
stateCode	select	–	Filter to a US state
countryCode	select	–	Filter to a specific country (full ISO 3166-1 list, ~250 countries)
establishmentType	select	–	Filter by FDA establishment activity type
maxItems	integer	50	Hard cap on emitted records (1–1000)

Example: device manufacturers named Medtronic

{
  "mode": "searchByEstablishmentName",
  "establishmentName": "medtronic",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: establishments registered in California that manufacture devices

{
  "mode": "searchByEstablishmentName",
  "establishmentName": "diagnostics",
  "stateCode": "CA",
  "establishmentType": "Manufacture Medical Device"
}

Use cases

• Supply-chain due diligence — verify a device manufacturer's FDA registration status and address before onboarding
• Regulatory affairs — look up every establishment registered under a given owner/operator firm
• Competitive intelligence — find every device manufacturer registered in a specific state or country
• Compliance monitoring — track establishment activity types (manufacturing, sterilizing, repackaging) tied to a device product
• B2B lead generation — build a list of registered medical device manufacturers by device category

Data source

Data comes from the openFDA Device Establishment Registration & Listing API, a genuinely public, free, no-authentication REST API published by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. This actor replaces an originally-planned state Secretary-of-State business search target that was found to be fully blocked by enterprise bot management (Akamai / Cloudflare Turnstile challenges) even under real headless-browser testing — openFDA offers an equivalent, reliably scrapable registered-business directory search.

FAQs

Do I need an API key? No. openFDA's public endpoints work without any key for this actor's usage levels.

Can I search by partial company name? Yes — establishment/device name searches are full-text matches (e.g. medtronic matches every registered Medtronic subsidiary establishment).

Why are some fields missing from a record? Only fields openFDA has actually populated for that establishment are included — no null placeholders or "N/A" values are ever emitted.