# GOV UK Companies Register (`harvestedge/gov-uk-companies-register`) Actor The UK Companies Scraper for UK Chamber of Commerce. Ideal for lead generation, compliance checks, KYC enrichment, and UK company intelligence workflows. GOV.UK - **URL**: https://apify.com/harvestedge/gov-uk-companies-register.md - **Developed by:** [Harvest Edge](https://apify.com/harvestedge) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Jobs, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $14.00 / 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? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🚜 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽 ## UK GOV Companies Register Scraper (Search: Companies & Officers) 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 🌽🌽🌽🌽🍆🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🚜🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 The **UK Companies Scraper** extracts structured search results directly from the official UK hamber of Commerce search platform: 👉 https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk It allows you to search both **companies** and **officers (directors / individuals)** and retrieve structured registry data at scale using automated pagination and browser-based scraping. This Actor is designed for **lead generation, compliance checks, KYC enrichment, and UK company intelligence workflows**. --- ### Overview This scraper performs keyword-based searches on the Companies House website and iterates through paginated results using Playwright automation. It supports: - Company search results (registered entities) - Officer search results (individuals linked to companies) - Automatic pagination across result pages - Structured parsing of listing cards - Robust handling of dynamic DOM rendering - Cookie banner bypass (automated dismissal) ⚠️ **Important Platform Limitation (READ CAREFULLY):** Chamber of Commerce search results are **limited to 50 pages (~1000 entries per query)**. If your dataset appears incomplete or capped, you should **refine your search term** (e.g. narrower keywords, location-specific terms, or company name fragments). This is necessary to bypass platform-side result truncation. --- ### Features - Search UK Camber of Commerce database by keyword - Extract company records (name, number, status, address) - Extract officer records (appointments, birth info, associated entities) - Fully automated pagination handling - Automatic cookie banner handling - Direct links to official company/officer pages - Structured normalization of meta fields - Configurable max pages per run - Resilient scraping with error handling per card --- ### SEO Keywords UK Companies House scraper, Chamber of Commerce, UK business registry scraper, Companies House API alternative, UK company search tool, officer lookup UK, director search scraper, UK business intelligence, company number lookup UK, Apify Companies House scraper, UK KYC data extraction, UK corporate registry dataset --- ### Input The Actor accepts the following input parameters: | Key | Type | Description | Default | Required | |----------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------| | `search_term` | String | Company or officer name to search | `"McDonalds London"` | Yes | | `result_type` | String | Type of results: `companies`, `officers`, `all` | `"all"` | No | | `max_pages` | Integer | Maximum number of pages to scrape | `50` | No | --- #### Example Input ```json { "search_term": "McDonalds", "result_type": "companies", "max_pages": 3 } ```` #### Example Output (companies) ```json { "search_type": "companies", "name": "Company name", "company_number": "Official Companies House number", "status": "Company status (e.g. active, dissolved)", "address": "Registered address", "meta": "Raw metadata string", "link": "Direct profile URL" } ``` #### Example Output (officers) ```json { "search_type": "officers", "name": "Officer name", "appointments": "Number or summary of appointments", "birth_info": "Birth year / partial DOB info", "address": "Registered address", "meta": "Raw metadata string", "link": "Direct officer profile URL" } ``` # Actor input Schema ## `search_term` (type: `string`): Company or officer name to search for ## `result_type` (type: `string`): Filter results by type ## `max_pages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of result pages to scrape ## Actor input object example ```json { "search_term": "McDonalds London", "result_type": "all", "max_pages": 50 } ``` # 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 = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("harvestedge/gov-uk-companies-register").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 = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("harvestedge/gov-uk-companies-register").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 '{}' | apify call harvestedge/gov-uk-companies-register --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harvestedge/gov-uk-companies-register", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "GOV UK Companies Register", "description": "The UK Companies Scraper for UK Chamber of Commerce. Ideal for lead generation, compliance checks, KYC enrichment, and UK company intelligence workflows. GOV.UK", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "ew7quvgAJ6pqsE6sI" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/harvestedge~gov-uk-companies-register/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-harvestedge-gov-uk-companies-register", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/harvestedge~gov-uk-companies-register/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-harvestedge-gov-uk-companies-register", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/harvestedge~gov-uk-companies-register/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-harvestedge-gov-uk-companies-register", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "search_term" ], "properties": { "search_term": { "title": "Search term", "type": "string", "description": "Company or officer name to search for", "default": "McDonalds London" }, "result_type": { "title": "Result type", "enum": [ "all", "companies", "officers" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter results by type", "default": "all" }, "max_pages": { "title": "Max pages", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of result pages to scrape", "default": 50 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "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": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "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": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { 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