# 🏢 KvK Dutch Company Registry Scraper (`hipersoft/kvk-scraper`) Actor

Search the Dutch Business Register (KVK Handelsregister) and export companies in bulk: KVK number, trade name, legal form, address, city and activity. Search any company name or keyword and get one clean row per company as JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/kvk-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.0015 / company scraped

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## 🏢 KvK Dutch Company Registry Scraper

Search the **Dutch Business Register** (KVK Handelsregister) and export companies in bulk into clean, structured **JSON, CSV or Excel**. Look up any **company name, trade name, KVK number or keyword** and pull the **KVK number, name, trade names, legal form, registration type, address, city and business activity** — one tidy row per company. Built for lead lists, market research, due diligence, data enrichment and automations covering companies registered in the Netherlands.

### Features

- 🔎 **Search by name or keyword** — type a company name, trade name or keyword (e.g. `bakker`, `Philips`, `cafe amsterdam`) and collect every matching company.
- 🔢 **Look up by KVK number** — drop a KVK number straight into the search terms to pull that specific company.
- 🏷️ **Trade names & legal form** — current trade names plus the legal form (BV, eenmanszaak, maatschap and more).
- 📍 **Address & city** — street, postal code and city for each company.
- 🧾 **Business activity** — a short description of what the company does.
- 🟢 **Registration status** — whether the entry is active, and whether it is a main branch, sub-branch or legal entity.
- 🧮 **Volume control** — set `maxItems` to balance coverage and cost.
- 📤 **Clean export** — one row per company as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML.

### Input

```json
{
  "queries": ["bakker", "Philips"],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `queries` | One or more company names, trade names, KVK numbers or keywords to look up. Each term runs its own search and the results are combined. |
| `maxItems` | Maximum number of companies to collect across all searches (0 = no limit). |

#### How to search

Put any company name, trade name, KVK number or keyword into `queries` and run. Each term is searched separately and duplicate companies are removed automatically, so you can pass a whole list of names in one go.

### Use cases

- Build targeted **lead lists** of companies in the Netherlands by name or keyword.
- **Enrich** your CRM or spreadsheet with KVK number, legal form and registered address.
- Run **due-diligence** and supplier checks against official Dutch registry data.
- Map competitors, franchises or a whole industry by searching sector keywords.
- Feed structured company records into an analytics pipeline or automation.

### What you get

Each company is one dataset record:

```json
{
  "kvkNumber": "86491911",
  "name": "Bakker Bakker Bond",
  "tradeNames": ["Bakker Bakker Bond"],
  "legalForm": "Maatschap",
  "registrationType": "Hoofdvestiging",
  "branchNumber": "000052464644",
  "active": true,
  "street": "Slotlaan 20",
  "postalCode": "1829BC",
  "city": "Oudorp",
  "activityDescription": "Verkrijgen, beheren, exploiteren en vervreemden van onroerende zaken.",
  "registrationDate": "2009-03-20",
  "branchCount": null,
  "url": null,
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-06T09:00:00.000Z"
}
```

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `kvkNumber` | The 8-digit KVK registration number. |
| `name` | The company's registered name. |
| `tradeNames` | List of current trade names. |
| `legalForm` | Legal form (e.g. Besloten Vennootschap, Eenmanszaak, Maatschap). |
| `registrationType` | Main branch, sub-branch or legal entity. |
| `branchNumber` | The establishment (vestiging) number, when present. |
| `active` | Whether the registry entry is active. |
| `street`, `postalCode`, `city` | Registered address. |
| `activityDescription` | Short description of the company's activity. |
| `registrationDate` | Date the entry was registered. |
| `collectedAt` | Timestamp of when the row was collected. |

### Pricing

This Actor uses **pay per result**: you are charged per company returned to your dataset, plus a small Actor start fee. Set `maxItems` to cap your spend.

### FAQ

**What is the KVK Handelsregister?** It is the official Dutch Business Register, which lists companies and legal entities registered in the Netherlands.

**Can I search by KVK number?** Yes — put the KVK number in `queries` and the matching company is returned.

**How many companies can I collect per search?** Set `maxItems` to whatever you need, or `0` for no limit. Very broad keywords return large result sets, so a specific name gives the cleanest list.

**What formats can I export?** JSON, CSV, Excel and XML, via the dataset export or the Apify API.

**Is this official data?** The data reflects public business-registry information for companies in the Netherlands.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One or more company names, trade names, KVK numbers or keywords to look up in the Dutch Business Register — for example 'bakker', 'Philips' or a KVK number. Each term runs its own search and the results are combined.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to collect across all searches (0 = no limit; collect everything the searches return).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "bakker"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

The results as dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "bakker"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/kvk-scraper").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 = { "queries": ["bakker"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/kvk-scraper").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "bakker"
  ]
}' |
apify call hipersoft/kvk-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hipersoft/kvk-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/alxXUmb1CxJzL8zmQ/builds/ss1cu7qFjjUBzimyj/openapi.json