🇨🇱 Chilean Business Lookup – Company RUT & Legal Data Scraper

Get instant access to official Chilean business information with BoletaOFactua Scraper.
Search for any company, foundation, association, or union in Chile by name and retrieve complete legal data including RUT, business type, economic activities, and more. This actor transforms the public "BoletaOFactua.com" registry into a powerful, ready-to-use API.

✨ What can you extract with this actor?

• Search by company name → retrieve complete business profile including RUT, legal name (razón social), business classification, and registered activities.
• Get detailed business type and subtype classifications with official SII codes.
• Access comprehensive lists of economic activities (actividades económicas) with official codes and descriptions.
• Receive all data in clean JSON format ready for databases, CRMs, spreadsheets, compliance systems, or business intelligence tools.
• Automatically timestamped extractions for audit trails and data freshness tracking.

🔍 Common use cases

1. B2B Lead Generation – enrich company databases with official RUT numbers and business classifications.
2. KYC / Due Diligence – verify business legitimacy, legal structure, and registered activities for compliance.
3. Tax & Accounting – validate supplier RUTs and business types for invoicing and tax documentation.
4. Market Research – analyze business types, sectors, and economic activities in Chilean markets.
5. Competitor Intelligence – discover companies' registered activities and legal classifications.
6. CRM Data Enrichment – complete B2B customer profiles with official business information.
7. Fraud Prevention – cross-check company data against official registry before business transactions.

🆚 Why choose this actor?

• Official Data Source – scrapes from BoletaOFactua.com, a trusted Chilean business registry.
• Structured Output – parsed economic activities with codes and descriptions, structured business subtypes.
• High Performance – async HTTP requests with concurrent processing for bulk searches.
• Chilean Proxy Support – uses residential proxies in Chile (CL) to ensure reliable access.
• Retry Logic – automatic retry mechanism for failed requests ensures data completeness.
• Free Tier Available – test with up to 10 results on free accounts.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
search_terms	array	✅	List of company names to search for. Supports partial matches.
max_results	integer	✅	Maximum number of results to return per search (default: 10, max: 10,000).

Example

{
  "search_terms": [
    "Falabella",
    "Banco de Chile",
    "Codelco"
  ],
  "max_results": 10
}

Tips for better results

• Use complete company names for precise matches (e.g., "Falabella S.A." vs just "Falabella").
• Partial names work too – searching "Banco" will return all banks with that term.
• Multiple searches – submit multiple company names in one run for bulk processing.
• Free accounts are limited to the first search term and 10 total results.

📤 Output

Each result in the dataset contains complete business information structured as follows:

{
  "rut": "90.749.000-9",
  "razon_social": "FALABELLA S.A.",
  "tipo": "Persona Juridica Comercial",
  "subtipo": {
    "codigo": "214",
    "nombre": "Sociedades Anonimas Abiertas"
  },
  "actividades": [
    {
      "codigo": "643000",
      "descripcion": "Fondos Y Sociedades De Inversion Y Entidades Financieras Similares"
    },
    {
      "codigo": "702000",
      "descripcion": "Actividades De Consultoria De Gestion"
    }
  ],
  "extraction_datetime": "2025-10-19T23:48:49.523634+00:00",
  "extraction_date": "19-10-2025"
}

Output fields explained

Field	Description
rut	Chilean Tax ID (Rol Único Tributario) with verification digit
razon_social	Official legal name of the business
tipo	Business legal type (e.g., Persona Juridica Comercial, Fundación, etc.)
subtipo	Detailed subtype with official SII code and name
actividades	Array of registered economic activities with official codes and descriptions
extraction_datetime	ISO timestamp of when the data was extracted (UTC)
extraction_date	Date of extraction in DD-MM-YYYY format

🚀 How to run

From Apify Console

1. Click Run on the actor page.
2. Enter your search terms and max results:

   {
     "search_terms": ["Falabella", "Banco Santander"],
     "max_results": 10
   }
   

3. Watch the live log; results will appear in the Dataset tab within seconds.
4. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or access via API.

From code (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>")

# Start the actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/boletaofactura-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "search_terms": ["Falabella", "Codelco", "BCI"],
        "max_results": 50
    }
)

# Fetch results from the dataset
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['razon_social']} - RUT: {item['rut']}")
    print(f"Type: {item['tipo']}")
    print(f"Activities: {len(item['actividades'])} registered")
    print("---")

From code (JavaScript/Node.js)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

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

// Start the actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/boletaofactura-scraper').call({
    search_terms: ['Falabella', 'Codelco', 'BCI'],
    max_results: 50,
});

// Fetch results from the dataset
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.log(`${item.razon_social} - RUT: ${item.rut}`);
    console.log(`Type: ${item.tipo}`);
    console.log(`Activities: ${item.actividades.length} registered`);
    console.log('---');
});

Using cURL

curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>' \
  -d '{
    "search_terms": ["Falabella", "BCI"],
    "max_results": 10
  }' \
  https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~boletaofactura-scraper/runs?waitForFinish=60

⚙️ Technical details

Architecture

• Built with Apify Python SDK using asyncio for concurrent request handling.

Reliability features

• Automatic retry logic with 3 attempts per search term and random delays (3-6 seconds).
• HTTP status logging for full transparency and debugging.
• Structured data parsing with fallback error handling.

Performance

• Concurrent processing – all search terms processed in parallel using asyncio.gather.
• Efficient parsing – economic activities and subtypes automatically structured.
• Scalable – supports up to 10,000 results per run (paid plans).

Free tier limitations

• Limited to first search term only.
• Maximum 10 results per run.
• Upgrade to paid plan for unlimited searches and higher result limits.

🔐 Data compliance

• Scrapes public registry data from BoletaOFactua.com.
• All data is publicly available and legally accessible.
• Respects rate limits with delays and proxy rotation.
• Suitable for commercial use in KYC, due diligence, and business intelligence.

🛠️ Integration examples

CRM enrichment workflow

# Enrich your CRM contacts with RUT and business details
companies = ["Falabella", "Ripley", "Paris"]
run = client.actor("username/boletaofactura-scraper").call({
    "search_terms": companies,
    "max_results": 100
})
# Push to your CRM via API

Tax validation

# Validate supplier RUTs for invoicing
suppliers = ["Codelco", "Enap", "EFE"]
results = get_business_data(suppliers)
for business in results:
    validate_rut(business['rut'])

💬 Support & feedback

Need help or want a custom feature?

• 📧 Contact us through Apify messaging
• 🐛 Report issues directly on the actor page
• ⭐ Rate the actor if you find it useful

We typically respond within 24 hours on business days.

📊 Keywords

Chilean business data, RUT lookup, company registry Chile, SII data scraper, Chilean tax ID, razón social, business intelligence Chile, KYC Chile, due diligence, economic activities, Servicio de Impuestos Internos, Chilean companies database, B2B data enrichment, corporate data Chile, business verification

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