New .fr Domains Finder — AFNIC Daily Registrations

What it does

This actor fetches the official daily list of newly registered French domain names (nouveaux noms de domaine .fr) published by AFNIC, the French domain registry, as open data. Every day, AFNIC publishes the complete list of domains registered the previous day for the extensions it manages: .fr, .re, .pm, .tf, .wf and .yt, available in a 7-day rolling window. This actor turns those raw files into a clean, structured dataset — and lets you filter domains by keywords (e.g. immo, renov, avocat, coach, your brand name) to instantly spot relevant new registrations. A newly registered domain is one of the strongest early signals of a new French business or web project: perfect raw material for B2B lead generation, brand protection and market watch (veille). This actor is free — you only pay your own Apify platform usage.

Input

Field	Type	Description
tlds	array	AFNIC zones to fetch: fr, re, pm, tf, wf, yt. Default: ["fr"].
days	integer	How many past days to fetch (1–7, starting from yesterday). Default: 1.
keywords	array	Optional keyword filter (case-insensitive, matches both punycode and accented Unicode forms). Empty = all domains.
maxResults	integer	Cap on total items. 0 = unlimited.

Output

One item per newly registered domain, with explicit statuses (found / not_found / error):

{
    "domain": "xn--ara-zma.fr",
    "domainUnicode": "araña.fr",
    "isIdn": true,
    "tld": "fr",
    "registrationDate": "2026-07-04",
    "status": "found"
}

When a keyword filter is active, each item also includes a matchedKeywords array. A typical day brings 1,500–2,500 new .fr domains.

Use cases

• B2B lead generation in France: a fresh domain like plomberie-lyon.fr means someone is launching a business or a website right now — the perfect moment to pitch web design, hosting, SEO, insurance or accounting services.
• Brand protection & cybersquatting watch: filter on your brand name and get alerted the day a lookalike domain (typosquatting, avis-*, arnaque-* variants) is registered.
• Market & trend watch (veille): track how many new domains mention ia, cbd, renovation or any emerging niche, day after day.
• Feed your prospecting pipeline: schedule a daily run and push results to Make, n8n, Zapier, Google Sheets or your CRM via the Apify API.

Works great with (French business data suite)

This actor is part of a suite dedicated to French company data (données entreprises françaises):

• 📄 French Legal Notices Scraper (Mentions Légales) — once the new website is live, extract the owner, SIREN and contact email from its mentions légales.
• 🔎 French Company Data Enricher (SIREN, Dirigeants) — enrich the SIREN with directors and full legal details.
• 🆕 New French Companies Finder (SIRENE) — cross-reference with freshly created French companies from the official SIRENE register.
• 📬 Bulk Email Verifier & List Cleaner — verify contact emails before any outreach.

Typical pipeline: Detect a new domain (this actor) → Extract owner & SIREN from the website → Enrich the company → Verify contacts.

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Limitations & fair use

• AFNIC publishes each daily list the following day, with a 7-day rolling window: older files are no longer available at the source.
• The lists contain domain names only (no registrant data) — GDPR-friendly by design.
• Data source: AFNIC open data (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération). Reuse, including commercial reuse, is permitted subject to respecting data integrity and crediting the source, as stated in the files themselves. This actor identifies itself with a dedicated User-Agent and applies a politeness delay between requests.

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