# EU Company & Sanctions Check (KYB, PEP, directors) (`factline/eu-company-sanctions-check`) Actor

Check European companies in 10 official registers with directors and owners, and screen people or companies against EU, UN, UK and US sanctions and PEP lists. Pay per check.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/factline/eu-company-sanctions-check.md
- **Developed by:** [Matthew Sammels](https://apify.com/factline) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $90.00 / 1,000 company checks

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## EU Company & Sanctions Check (KYB, PEP, directors)

Check European companies against official registers and screen people and companies against sanctions and PEP lists, in one Actor. Built on [Factline](https://factline.dev), which reads the official sources directly.

### What it does

- **Company check (KYB)**: finds the company in 10 official registers (UK Companies House, Ireland CRO, France SIRENE/RNE, Norway, Finland, Czechia, Slovakia, Estonia, Poland, plus GLEIF worldwide). Returns status, number, legal form, address, incorporation date, and for UK, French and Norwegian companies the **directors and owners**, each screened against sanctions and PEP lists. One verdict: `pass`, `review` or `block_review`.
- **Name screening**: people or organisations against the **EU, UN, UK and US OFAC** sanctions lists (fuzzy matching with scores) and the **PEP** list (heads of state and government, ministers, MPs, MEPs, central bankers).

### Input

- `companies`: one per line, name or number plus an optional country code, e.g. `Tesco PLC, GB`, `552032534, FR`.
- `names`: one per line.
- `pep`: also screen names for PEP (default on).

### Output

One dataset row per company or name: verdict, one-line summary, flags, the company record, directors and owners, and the source to cite. Every company check carries a signed receipt id from Factline.

### For AI agents

Agents can run this Actor through the Apify MCP server, or pay with USDC on Base through Apify's x402 support without an Apify account.

### Pricing

Pay per result: one event per company checked and one per name screened. Failed checks are not charged.

### Notes

Automated screening aid, not legal advice. A possible match needs a person to confirm it against the official list. Wallet and API access without Apify: [factline.dev](https://factline.dev).

# Actor input Schema

## `companies` (type: `array`):

One per line: a company name or number, optionally followed by a comma and a 2-letter country code, e.g. 'Tesco PLC, GB', '552032534, FR', 'Ryanair, IE'. Returns the register record, directors and owners (UK, FR, NO) screened for sanctions and PEP, and one verdict.

## `names` (type: `array`):

People or organisations to screen against the EU, UN, UK and US OFAC sanctions lists and the PEP list. One per line.

## `pep` (type: `boolean`):

Politically exposed persons: heads of state and government, ministers, MPs, MEPs, central bankers.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companies": [
    "Tesco PLC, GB",
    "Ryanair, IE"
  ],
  "names": [
    "Vladimir Putin",
    "Jan de Vries"
  ],
  "pep": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All results as JSON (one item per company or name).

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Results in the overview view: query, check, verdict, summary, flags.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "companies": [
        "Tesco PLC, GB",
        "Ryanair, IE"
    ],
    "names": [
        "Vladimir Putin",
        "Jan de Vries"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("factline/eu-company-sanctions-check").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "companies": [
        "Tesco PLC, GB",
        "Ryanair, IE",
    ],
    "names": [
        "Vladimir Putin",
        "Jan de Vries",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("factline/eu-company-sanctions-check").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "companies": [
    "Tesco PLC, GB",
    "Ryanair, IE"
  ],
  "names": [
    "Vladimir Putin",
    "Jan de Vries"
  ]
}' |
apify call factline/eu-company-sanctions-check --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,factline/eu-company-sanctions-check"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/z2hrukhTtzjzDq7FH/builds/jvXWeRobLIeYn5a9L/openapi.json