🗺️ Qatar MOCI Business Map Scraper: منشأة اقتصادية Records, Stats

Turn Qatar's official business map into a clean research dataset. Collect public establishments, map locations, license status, capital data, and license activity from the Qatar Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

📍 Map-ready records Names, addresses, municipalities, districts, and coordinates for public establishments.

📊 License intelligence Status, issue dates, expiry dates, legal form, and published capital amounts.

🔔 Change monitoring Run the same watchlist again and receive only new or changed public records.

🧭 Focused runs Start with a small filter and expand municipalities, types, or subtypes when needed.

Use the Actor for Qatar market research, local lead lists, territory planning, license monitoring, and map-based competitor research. It stays on public MOCI records and does not require a login.

🔍 What does this actor do?

The Qatar MOCI Business Map (businessmap.moci.gov.qa) is the official government portal listing every licensed establishment (منشأة اقتصادية) in Qatar. This Actor reads public records from that portal and returns them as a clean, structured dataset.

Rows include English and Arabic business names, map coordinates, license status and dates, capital amounts, and business type. Switch collection modes for license statistics, summary metrics, or daily new and void-license feeds.

🎯 Who is this for?

• I am a Qatar sales team. I need a focused list of establishments in one municipality and business category.
• I am a market researcher. I need official counts, capital totals, and license activity for a current market view.
• I am a territory planner. I need coordinates, districts, zones, and license status in a spreadsheet-ready export.
• I manage a watchlist. I need scheduled runs that show only new or updated public records.

🚀 How it works

STEP 1 Choose your public scope Select establishments, statistics, or license activity. Add municipalities and public categories.

STEP 2 Set the run size Keep the safe default or raise the record and response limits for a broader research export.

STEP 3 Review and reuse Download the dataset, open the matching view, or schedule changes mode for the same watchlist.

🎛️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
operation	enum	No	Choose establishments, license statistics, portal summary, new licenses, or void or closed licenses.
municipalities	array of strings	No	Public municipality names or IDs. Empty means all municipalities for supported map operations.
businessTypes	array of strings	No	Public MOCI business type names or IDs, such as Commercial or Services.
businessSubtypes	array of strings	No	Public MOCI subtype names or IDs, such as Studio.
licenseStatuses	array of enum values	No	Keep Active, Expired, or both statuses in establishment and statistics runs.
nationalityGroup	enum	No	Optional public classification: All, Qatari, GCC, or International.
registrationFrom	date	No	Lower bound for registration issue dates.
registrationTo	date	No	Upper bound for registration issue dates.
expiryFrom	date	No	Lower bound for license expiry dates.
expiryTo	date	No	Upper bound for license expiry dates.
includeTaxIdentifiers	boolean	No	Include a public tax registration number when available. Off by default.
runMode	enum	No	Snapshot returns the bounded result set. Changes returns new or updated rows only.
monitorScope	string	No	Name a separate change history for a watchlist.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum dataset rows to emit, from 1 to 250.
maxResponseSizeMb	integer	No	Stop if the source response is larger than the selected limit.
requestDelayMs	integer	No	Pause between source requests, from 250 to 5,000 milliseconds.

The default run uses Doha Municipality, the public Studio subtype, Active licenses, and a maximum of 10 records. This makes the first run quick and easy to verify. Broader map responses can be much larger.

🧾 Data table

Field	Type	Description
companyName	string	English business name, falling back to the published Arabic name when needed.
businessNameEnglish	string	Published English business name.
businessNameArabic	string	Published Arabic business name.
businessType	string	English business type.
businessSubtype	string	English business subtype.
municipality	string	English municipality name.
district	string	English district name.
latitude, longitude	number	Public map coordinates when supplied by MOCI.
licenseStatus	string	Public English license status.
registrationStatus	string	Public English registration status.
licenseNumber	string	Public license identifier.
businessRegistrationNumber	string	Public business registration identifier.
capitalAmount	number	Published capital amount.
registrationIssueDate, licenseIssueDate	string	Published issue dates.
registrationExpiryDate, licenseExpiryDate	string	Published expiry dates.
legalForm	string	Published English legal form.
metricGroup, metricName, metricValue	string, string, number	Statistics or portal activity metric fields.
observedDate	string	Date attached to a new or void-license activity row.
changeType	string	current, new, or updated, depending on run mode.
firstSeenAt, lastSeenAt	string	Monitor timestamps for changed rows.
sourceUrl	link	Official Qatar MOCI Business Map source.

Example establishment record

{
    "recordType": "establishment",
    "operation": "businesses",
    "companyName": "Doha Frames Printing Studio and Trading",
    "businessNameArabic": "الدوحة فرايمس برينتينغ استوديو اند ترايدينغ",
    "businessType": "Commercial",
    "businessSubtype": "Studio",
    "municipality": "Doha Municipality",
    "district": "Umm Lekhba",
    "licenseStatus": "Active",
    "licenseNumber": "248566",
    "capitalAmount": 0,
    "latitude": 25.34008032,
    "longitude": 51.465658679,
    "sourceUrl": "https://businessmap.moci.gov.qa/",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-23T08:06:39.660Z"
}

🗂️ Dataset views

The dataset has exactly three views:

• 🔍 Establishments: business names, categories, locations, status, capital, coordinates, and license numbers.
• 📊 License analytics: summary counts, type and status totals, and new or void-license activity.
• 🔄 Changes: new and updated rows with first-seen and last-seen timestamps.

🔄 Snapshot and changes mode

Snapshot mode returns each unique row in the bounded result set. Changes mode keeps a separate history for each monitor scope. The first run reports new rows. Later runs report only source-backed updates or new rows. Unchanged rows are not emitted.

💰 Pricing

Pricing is pay-per-event with no subscription. Empty runs cost nothing. One event is charged for each establishment row, license statistics row, summary metric, or new and void-license activity row the Actor emits.

Visit the Store page to check current per-tier rates. Keeping the scope focused with narrow municipalities, businessTypes, and a realistic maxItems limit is the best way to stay in a predictable cost range.

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💡 Tips

• Start with a focused filter. The default run uses Doha Municipality and the Studio subtype with a limit of 10 records. Confirm the output format first, then raise maxItems or add more municipalities and businessTypes.
• Use changes mode for ongoing watchlists. Set runMode to "New and changed only" and give each watchlist a unique monitorScope name. Subsequent runs report only new or updated public records, keeping your dataset clean.
• Narrow by date to find recent or expiring licenses. Use registrationFrom and registrationTo to find newly opened businesses. Use expiryFrom and expiryTo to flag licenses expiring in a target period.
• Guard against oversized responses. Broad municipalities or businessTypes filters can return large non-paginated results. Keep maxResponseSizeMb at the default for exploratory runs and raise it only when you need a full export.

❓ FAQ

ما هي منشأة اقتصادية؟

It means an economic establishment. This is a public classification returned by the MOCI Business Map.

Can I collect all Qatar establishments?

Yes, but broad map filters can return a large source response. Use a municipality, type, subtype, status, date, or response-size limit first.

Does it include private owner information?

No. The Actor stays on public business fields. It does not search for hidden owners, personal profiles, or external website contacts.

How do I monitor a watchlist?

Choose Changes mode, keep the same filters and monitor scope, and schedule the Actor. The next run reports only new or updated public rows.

🛡️ Public data boundaries

The Actor uses information returned by the public MOCI Business Map. It does not access administrative pages, login-only records, hidden data, or external company websites. Tax registration numbers are optional and off by default. Missing fields stay missing.

The public map does not provide the same location filters for its daily license activity series. The run summary calls this out when those filters cannot be applied.

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