SRA Solicitors Register Scraper

Scrape the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Solicitors Register — the official public directory of every solicitor and law firm regulated in England & Wales. Search by name or SRA number, or pull a full firm profile (offices, website, areas of law, reserved legal activities, and regulated people) by SRA number. No login, no cookies, no paid proxy.

The SRA is the regulator that authorises solicitors and law firms in England & Wales; this register is the same authoritative source that underpins the Law Society's public "Find a Solicitor" tool.

What this actor does

• Two modes: search (by name/keyword/SRA number) and firmDetails (full firm profile by SRA number)
• Both entity types: individual solicitors and law firms/organisations
• Rich firm profiles: trading & previous names, every office (address/phone/website/email), areas of law, reserved legal activities, and a list of SRA-regulated people at the firm
• Regulatory status filter: optionally restrict firm results to actively SRA-regulated firms only
• Empty fields are always omitted — you never see null, "", or []

Output fields

Search mode — firm record (recordType: "firm")

Field	Description
sraNumber	Unique SRA identifier
name	Registered firm name
alsoKnownAs	Trading name(s), if different from registered name
status	Regulatory status, e.g. SRA-regulated firm, Firm has closed, Not regulated by an approved regulator for legal services
headOfficeLocation	Town/city of the head office (plus office count if there are others)
profileUrl	Link to the full public register page for this firm
recordType, scrapedAt

Search mode — person record (recordType: "person")

Field	Description
sraNumber	Unique SRA identifier
name	Full name
status	e.g. SRA-regulated solicitor, SRA-regulated lawyer, SRA-regulated solicitor, not practising
worksAt	Firm name(s) the person currently works at
recordType, scrapedAt

firmDetails mode — full firm profile (recordType: "firm")

All search-mode firm fields, plus:

Field	Description
tradingNames[]	All trading names on file
previousNames[]	Former registered names
website	Firm's website domain
typeOfFirm	e.g. Recognised body since 16/04/2015, authorised for all legal services
regulator	Regulating body (normally Solicitors Regulation Authority)
regulatoryRecord	Summary text of published regulatory/disciplinary decisions
offices[]	Every office: officeName, address, phone, website, email
areasOfLaw[]	Self-reported practice areas
reservedActivities[]	Reserved legal activities the firm is authorised to perform
regulatedPeople[]	Up to 25 SRA-regulated people at the firm (name, status, worksAt)
regulatedPeopleCount	Total count of regulated people (may exceed the 25 listed)

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	search	search or firmDetails
searchQuery	string	Irwin Mitchell	Name, partial name, or SRA number (mode=search)
searchType	select	all	all / firm / person
regulatedOnly	boolean	false	Drop non-SRA-regulated firm results
nameContains	string	–	Extra case-insensitive substring filter on name
sraNumbers	array	–	SRA numbers to fetch full profiles for (mode=firmDetails)
maxItems	integer	30	Hard cap on emitted records (1–500)

Example: search for a firm by name

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "Irwin Mitchell",
  "searchType": "firm",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: search for solicitors by surname, regulated firms only

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "smith",
  "searchType": "person",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: full firm profile lookup

{
  "mode": "firmDetails",
  "sraNumbers": ["620674", "570654"]
}

Use cases

• Legal tech / KYC — verify a solicitor or law firm is currently SRA-regulated before onboarding
• Due diligence — confirm a firm's registered offices, areas of law, and regulatory record
• Market research — map law firms by name, location, or practice area
• Directory building — power a "find a solicitor" search feature with authoritative data
• Recruitment — identify firms practising in a given area of law

FAQ

Where does this data come from? The SRA's public Solicitors Register — the same regulator-maintained data used by the Law Society's own "Find a Solicitor" tool.

Can I search by SRA number instead of name? Yes — pass the SRA number as searchQuery in search mode, or use firmDetails mode with sraNumbers for a full profile lookup.

Why don't individual-solicitor records include a profile link? The SRA's individual-solicitor detail pages are protected by an additional bot-mitigation challenge that isn't reliably reachable via automation; the actor only returns fields sourced from pages that are consistently and reliably accessible. Name, status, and firm affiliation for individuals are still fully populated from the search results and from each firm's own regulated-people list.

Does regulatedOnly affect individual-solicitor results? No — it only filters firm/organisation records. Some organisations appear in the register only because they employ an SRA-regulated person (e.g. an in-house legal team); regulatedOnly: true excludes those and keeps only firms whose own status is "SRA-regulated firm".

Is there a limit on how many results I can get? Yes, maxItems caps the run (max 500). The register itself returns up to roughly 1,000 results for a very broad query; narrow your searchQuery for more targeted results.