🇩🇪 Germany Das Telefonbuch Scraper (National Business Directory Leads)

Extract verified German local business leads, direct telephone numbers, physical street addresses, websites, and ratings directly from Das Telefonbuch (dastelefonbuch.de) — Germany's premier and largest national telecommunications directory (over 30 million business and professional listings).

{
  "company_name": "Andreas Lammel und Thomas Patschinski Lammel & Partner GbR",
  "category": "IT-Beratung",
  "street_address": "Göllweg 15",
  "postal_code": "12107",
  "city": "Berlin",
  "full_address": "Göllweg 15, 12107 Berlin",
  "phone": "+49 30 6692 0010",
  "website": "http://www.lammel-gbr.de",
  "rating": "5.0",
  "dastelefonbuch_url": "https://adresse.dastelefonbuch.de/Berlin/1-IT-Beratung-Andreas-Lammel...",
  "enrich_ceo_with_actor": "https://apify.com/dach_leads/germany-b2b-lead-impressum-scraper?website=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lammel-gbr.de"
}

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📌 Overview: Why Das Telefonbuch is Germany's Largest Directory

Das Telefonbuch (dastelefonbuch.de) is the official national phone and business registry of Germany, co-published by Deutsche Telekom and regional directory publishers. With over 30 million registered entities across all 16 German federal states, it is the most comprehensive database in the DACH region for discovering:

• 🏢 German Corporations & SMEs (Mittelstand)
• 🔨 Tradespeople & Contractors (Handwerker)
• 🩺 Medical Practices & Specialists (Ärzte)
• ⚖️ Law Firms, Tax Advisors & Notaries (Kanzleien)
• 💼 Consultants, Agencies & Service Providers

Unlike unverified map scrapers, Das Telefonbuch data is officially tied to registered German telecommunications lines, providing clean, active contact data.

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⚡ Key Features & Capabilities

• 🚀 30 Million+ Record Coverage: The single largest public directory database in Germany.
• 📞 De-obfuscated Direct Phone Lines: De-obfuscates split DOM nodes and anti-scraping spans to deliver the complete, verified telephone number.
• 📍 Complete German Street Addresses: Full street name, house number, 5-digit postal code (PLZ), and city name.
• 🌐 Clean External Website Extraction: Discovers verified official company website domains directly from directory listings.
• ⭐ Star Ratings & Reviews: Captures customer review ratings to highlight top-rated local service providers.
• 🇩🇪 Full German Umlaut & Regional Support: Handles special characters (ä, ö, ü, ß) cleanly across major metropolises (Berlin, München, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Köln) and small municipalities alike.
• 🤖 Autonomous AI Agent & n8n Ready: Pure Pay-Per-Event (PPE) schema allows n8n, Make, LangChain, Claude, and custom outbound automations to query German leads on demand.

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🔄 1-Click n8n Automation Template (Recurring CRM Sync)

Automate your lead generation by syncing fresh Das Telefonbuch leads directly into Google Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot, or Instantly every week!

flowchart LR
    A["⏰ Trigger<br/>(On Demand / Weekly)"] --> B["🇩🇪 Step 1: Das Telefonbuch Scraper<br/>(Pulls 50–500 Companies)"]
    B --> C{"Filter<br/>Has Website?"}
    C -->|Yes| D["👔 Step 2: Impressum Extractor<br/>(Extracts CEO & Email)"]
    D --> E["📊 Final Output<br/>(Google Sheets / CRM)"]

📥 Ready-to-Use n8n Template: Download our ready-to-import n8n workflow JSON:
german_b2b_lead_machine_n8n_template.json — Copy and paste directly onto your n8n canvas!

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💡 The 2-Step B2B Power Funnel: From Directory to CEO Inbox

This scraper is engineered as the Upstream Discovery Engine for your German B2B outreach:

[ Step 1: Das Telefonbuch Scraper ] ───►  Extracts 500–2,000 German companies, websites & direct phones ($1.00 / 1k)
                │
                └───► (Export CSV / Website URLs)
[ Step 2: Impressum Extractor     ] ───►  Crawls company websites to extract the Managing Director (CEO / Geschäftsführer)
                                          and legal registration under German federal law (§ 5 DDG)

🎯 Cross-Sell Pro-Tip: Take the company websites extracted by this tool and feed them into our Germany B2B Lead & Impressum Extractor to legally extract the Managing Director (Geschäftsführer / Inhaber) names and personal direct emails!

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📥 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
searchTerm	String	Yes	IT-Beratung	Business category, profession, or trade keyword	Handwerker, Zahnarzt, Steuerberater, Rechtsanwalt, Elektriker
city	String	Yes	Berlin	German city name or 5-digit postal code (PLZ)	München, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Köln, 10115
maxResults	Integer	No	50	Maximum number of leads to scrape (1 to 5,000)	100, 500, 2000

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🎯 Top High-Value German Niches to Scrape

Industry Keyword	Target City / Region	Target Audience / Commercial Value
Steuerberater	München	Certified German Tax Advisors with high-ticket retainers
Finanzberatung	Frankfurt am Main	Wealth managers, financial brokers, and asset consultants
Maschinenbau	Stuttgart	Industrial machinery & German Mittelstand manufacturers
Softwareentwicklung	Berlin	Fast-growing SaaS startups and digital agencies
Rechtsanwälte	Hamburg	Commercial law firms, patent attorneys, and corporate counsels
Immobilienmakler	Düsseldorf	Commercial and residential real estate brokerages
Zahnarzt	Köln	High-income private dental practices and medical clinics
Elektrotechnik	Nürnberg	Commercial electrical contractors and engineering firms

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📊 Output Dataset Specification

Data is exported in Excel (.xlsx), CSV, JSON, or XML with the following structured attributes:

Column Name	Type	Description	Sample Value
company_name	String	Official registered business name	Andreas Lammel & Partner GbR
category	String	Targeted trade or sector category	IT-Beratung
street_address	String	Street name and building number	Göllweg 15
postal_code	String	German 5-digit postal code (PLZ)	12107
city	String	City or municipality	Berlin
full_address	String	Combined formatted German address	Göllweg 15, 12107 Berlin
phone	String	De-obfuscated direct telephone number	+49 30 6692 0010
website	String	Official company website URL	http://www.lammel-gbr.de
rating	String	Customer star rating / review score	5.0
dastelefonbuch_url	String	Direct profile URL on dastelefonbuch.de	https://adresse.dastelefonbuch.de/...
enrich_ceo_with_actor	String	1-click link to extract CEO with Impressum Scraper	https://apify.com/dach_leads/...

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💻 Programmatic Usage & API Integration

Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN")

run_input = {
    "searchTerm": "Steuerberater",
    "city": "München",
    "maxResults": 100
}

run = client.actor("dach_leads/germany-dastelefonbuch-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['company_name']} | {item['phone']} | {item['website']}")

Node.js (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN' });

const input = {
    searchTerm: 'IT-Beratung',
    city: 'Berlin',
    maxResults: 100,
};

const run = await client.actor('dach_leads/germany-dastelefonbuch-scraper').call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

console.log(`Extracted ${items.length} German leads from Das Telefonbuch.`);

cURL (Direct HTTP API)

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dach_leads~germany-dastelefonbuch-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchTerm": "Handwerker", "city": "Hamburg", "maxResults": 50}'

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💰 Transparent Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

• Only $1.00 per 1,000 verified leads ($0.001 per result) — 70% cheaper than generic enterprise lead scrapers.
• $0.00 Actor Start Fee — Zero upfront cost to spin up runs.
• Zero Platform Surcharge — Pure pay-per-event pricing without hidden compute charges.
• Free Test Allowance — Free tier users can test and scrape business records without credit card commitments.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: How does this scraper handle pagination across multiple pages?

A: Das Telefonbuch uses predictable page route indexing (/Branchen/{Keyword}/{City}/{PageNumber}). The scraper automatically steps through result pages and decodes the standard schema.org business data, extracting hundreds of companies smoothly.

Q: Are the extracted phone numbers and websites real?

A: Yes. The Actor parses the official listings on dastelefonbuch.de, de-obfuscates split phone spans, and strips tracking parameters and ad-network redirects from company websites.

Q: How can I get the CEO / Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) names?

A: Das Telefonbuch provides commercial contact data and verified websites. To legally extract the personal name of the CEO (Geschäftsführer or Inhaber), VAT ID (USt-IdNr), and Handelsregister number, feed the extracted website URLs into our Germany B2B Lead & Impressum Extractor.

Q: Does this scraper require residential proxies?

A: No. Das Telefonbuch responds reliably to direct requests using polite delay throttling, so you don't need expensive residential proxy subscriptions.