# French Legal Notices Scraper (Mentions Légales) (`fit_melon/french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales`) Actor
Extract SIRET, SIREN, VAT number, company name, manager, emails & phones from the "mentions légales" pages of French websites. Feed it domains, get a CRM-ready B2B database. Luhn-validated identifiers.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/fit\_melon/french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales.md
- **Developed by:** [D N](https://apify.com/fit_melon) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $5.00 / 1,000 results
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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event
## What's an Apify Actor?
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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".
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```bash
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```bash
pip install apify-client
```
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````bash
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# README
## French Legal Notices Scraper (Mentions Légales) 🇫🇷
Extract **SIRET, SIREN, VAT number, company name, legal form, manager name, emails, phone numbers and registered address** from any French website — automatically.
Every French website is legally required to publish a **"mentions légales"** page containing the company's official identification data. This Actor finds that page for you and turns it into clean, structured B2B data.
Give it a list of domains. Get back a ready-to-use company database.
### 💡 What can you do with it?
- **B2B lead enrichment** — turn a list of prospect websites into a CRM-ready file with SIRET, decision-maker name, email and phone.
- **Sales prospecting in France** — qualify local businesses (plumbers, restaurants, agencies…) at scale.
- **KYB / compliance checks** — verify that a website belongs to a real registered company (SIREN validated with the Luhn algorithm).
- **Market research** — map legal forms, locations and hosting providers across an industry.
- **Agency workflows** — enrich Google Maps scraping results with official company identifiers.
- **Enrich further** — pipe the extracted SIRETs into the [French Company Data Enricher](https://apify.com/fit_melon/french-company-data-enricher-siren-dirigeants-sirene) to get directors' names, headcount and financials.
### ⚙️ How it works
1. For each input domain, the Actor loads the homepage and looks for a link to the legal notice page (*mentions légales*, *legal notice*, *informations légales*…).
2. If no link is found, it probes **14 common French URL patterns** (`/mentions-legales`, `/mentions_legales.html`, `/pages/mentions-legales`, …) with a soft-404 guard.
3. It parses the page and extracts structured data with France-specific logic:
- **SIRET** (14 digits) and **SIREN** (9 digits), both **validated with the Luhn checksum**
- **VAT number** (TVA intracommunautaire), **RCS** city and number, **NAF/APE code**
- Company name, legal form (SARL, SAS, SASU, EURL, SCI…), share capital
- Manager (*gérant*, *président*) and publication director
- Emails (including de-obfuscation of `contact [at] domain [dot] fr`), French phone numbers
- Registered address, postal code, city, and hosting provider
4. One dataset item is produced per domain, with a clear `status`: `found`, `legal_notice_not_found`, or `unreachable`.
No headless browser: the Actor uses fast, lightweight HTTP crawling, so runs are quick and cheap.
### 📥 Input
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{ "url": "example-company.fr" },
{ "url": "https://www.another-company.fr" }
],
"maxConcurrency": 10,
"proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
````
Plain domains work — no need to find the legal notice URL yourself.
### 📤 Output example
```json
{
"domain": "exemple-plomberie.fr",
"status": "found",
"legalNoticeUrl": "https://exemple-plomberie.fr/mentions-legales",
"companyName": "PLOMBERIE MARTIN",
"legalForm": "SARL",
"siren": "732829320",
"sirenLuhnValid": true,
"siret": "73282932000074",
"siretLuhnValid": true,
"tvaIntra": "FR40732829320",
"rcsCity": "Lille Métropole",
"rcsNumber": "732829320",
"naf": "4322A",
"capital": "10 000 €",
"managerName": "Jean Martin",
"publicationDirector": "Jean Martin",
"emails": ["contact@exemple-plomberie.fr"],
"phones": ["0320123456"],
"address": "12 rue des Artisans, 59000 Lille",
"postalCode": "59000",
"city": "Lille",
"hostingProvider": "OVH",
"scrapedAt": "2026-07-03T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```
Export to **CSV, Excel, JSON** or connect directly to Make, Zapier, Google Sheets and 5,000+ tools via Apify integrations.
### ❓ FAQ
**Is this legal?**
The Actor only reads information that French law (LCEN, art. 6-III) *requires* companies to publish publicly on their own websites. You remain responsible for how you use the data, in particular for GDPR compliance of your outreach.
**What about JavaScript-heavy websites?**
This version uses fast HTTP crawling. Sites that render their entire content with client-side JavaScript (rare for legal notice pages) may return `legal_notice_not_found`.
**How accurate is the extraction?**
SIREN/SIRET numbers are checksum-validated (Luhn), so false positives are flagged. Free-text fields (company name, manager) use multiple extraction strategies but depend on how each site wrote its legal notice.
**Can I scrape thousands of domains?**
Yes — that's the point. Concurrency is configurable and one result costs a fraction of a cent.
***
*Keywords: mentions légales scraper, SIRET scraper, SIREN extractor, French company data, B2B leads France, KBIS alternative, TVA intracommunautaire, French business scraper, extraction mentions légales, enrichissement de leads.*
# Actor input Schema
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
List of French websites (plain domains or full URLs, one per line). The Actor automatically locates the mentions légales page of each site — you don't need to provide the exact legal-notice URL.
## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of pages processed in parallel. Lower it if target sites rate-limit you.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Proxies to use. Apify Proxy (automatic) is recommended to avoid IP blocking.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.o2switch.fr"
},
{
"url": "https://www.hebergeur-image.fr"
}
],
"maxConcurrency": 10,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `results` (type: `string`):
No description
# 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 '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.o2switch.fr"
},
{
"url": "https://www.hebergeur-image.fr"
}
],
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fit_melon/french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales").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 '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"startUrls": [
{ "url": "https://www.o2switch.fr" },
{ "url": "https://www.hebergeur-image.fr" },
],
"proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fit_melon/french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.o2switch.fr"
},
{
"url": "https://www.hebergeur-image.fr"
}
],
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
}' |
apify call fit_melon/french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fit_melon/french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "French Legal Notices Scraper (Mentions Légales)",
"description": "Extract SIRET, SIREN, VAT number, company name, manager, emails & phones from the \"mentions légales\" pages of French websites. Feed it domains, get a CRM-ready B2B database. Luhn-validated identifiers.",
"version": "0.0",
"x-build-id": "IjeDsUc230Id2WDsh"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/fit_melon~french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fit_melon-french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/fit_melon~french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-fit_melon-french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/fit_melon~french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-fit_melon-french-legal-notices-scraper-mentions-legales",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
}
},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"startUrls"
],
"properties": {
"startUrls": {
"title": "Websites to analyze",
"type": "array",
"description": "List of French websites (plain domains or full URLs, one per line). The Actor automatically locates the mentions légales page of each site — you don't need to provide the exact legal-notice URL.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"url"
],
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"title": "URL of a web page",
"format": "uri"
}
}
}
},
"maxConcurrency": {
"title": "Max concurrency",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of pages processed in parallel. Lower it if target sites rate-limit you.",
"default": 10
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "Proxy configuration",
"type": "object",
"description": "Proxies to use. Apify Proxy (automatic) is recommended to avoid IP blocking.",
"default": {
"useApifyProxy": true
}
}
}
},
"runsResponseSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"data": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"actId": {
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},
"userId": {
"type": "string"
},
"startedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
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"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"stats": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"inputBodyLen": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2000
},
"rebootCount": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"restartCount": {
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"example": 0
},
"resurrectCount": {
"type": "integer",
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},
"computeUnits": {
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}
}
},
"options": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"build": {
"type": "string",
"example": "latest"
},
"timeoutSecs": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 300
},
"memoryMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 1024
},
"diskMbytes": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 2048
}
}
},
"buildId": {
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},
"defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
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},
"defaultDatasetId": {
"type": "string"
},
"defaultRequestQueueId": {
"type": "string"
},
"buildNumber": {
"type": "string",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"containerUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
"type": "integer",
"example": 0
},
"DATASET_READS": {
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},
"DATASET_WRITES": {
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},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
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},
"KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
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},
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},
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"example": 0
},
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"example": 0
},
"PROXY_SERPS": {
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}
}
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},
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}
}
}
```