# Company Lookup: UK Companies House, France SIRENE & LEI (`informed_almandine_vzb/uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher`) Actor

Verify a company against UK Companies House, France's SIRENE registry, and the global GLEIF LEI database, getting legal name, status, address, and LEI links for KYB checks. A test run returned 78 records across all three.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/informed_almandine_vzb/uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher.md
- **Developed by:** [Almandine Data](https://apify.com/informed_almandine_vzb) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.50 / 1,000 company & lei kyb record scrapeds

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Global Company Registry, GLEIF LEI, UK & EU Business Enricher

Enrich global companies via GLEIF LEI (2.6M+ entities), UK Companies House, and EU/France Sirene with registration IDs, status, SIC/NACE, addresses, and directors.

### What it does

Verifies and enriches global legal entities across the official GLEIF LEI registry (2.6M+ worldwide entities), UK Companies House, and the EU/France Official Enterprise Registry (INSEE Sirene & RNE) with company registration numbers, LEI/BIC codes, legal status, incorporation dates, SIC/NAF industry codes, registered/HQ addresses, corporate officers/directors, and disclosed financials. Export clean, deduplicated data as **JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS**, or connect directly via the **Apify REST API, Python/JavaScript SDKs, CLI, MCP Server, Clay, n8n, Make, or Zapier** — with **no login, cookies, or browser overhead**.

### Use cases

- **Fintech KYB (Know Your Business) & Counterparty Onboarding:** Automatically verify legal entity names (`companyName`), commercial register numbers (`companyNumber`), `leiCode`, `bicCodes`, `entityStatus`, and `registeredAddress` across 200+ jurisdictions.
- **UK & European B2B Account Enrichment in Clay, n8n, or Make:** Enrich target account lists with official SIC/NACE industry codes (`sicOrNaceCodes`), headcount brackets (`employeeBracket`), corporate directors (`officers`), and disclosed annual revenue (`latestRevenueEur`).
- **M\&A, Private Equity & Corporate Hierarchy Mapping:** Cross-reference operating subsidiaries across GLEIF Global LEI, UK Companies House, and EU/French commercial registries in one normalized JSON schema.
- **Compliance Monitoring & Active Status Checks:** Schedule recurring runs to confirm whether vendor or customer entities remain `ACTIVE` and track upcoming accounts/LEI renewal dates (`nextRenewalOrAccountsDate`).

### Why use this scraper?

| Feature | This Actor | Generic Browser / HTML Scrapers |
|---|---|---|
| **Architecture** | Direct structured API / JSON / SSR requests (`curl_cffi`) | Heavy headless browser automation |
| **Speed & reliability** | **2–25 seconds** for 50–200 items | Minutes of high compute burn |
| **Pricing model** | **Pay per result (`$0.00` actor-start fee)** | Monthly rental or high CU overhead |
| **Error handling** | Failed inputs logged in `ERRORS` key-value record and **never charged** | Bills compute time even on failures |

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `queries` | `array` | `["Barclays", "HSBC", "Siemens", "TotalEnergie...` | Company names, 20-character GLEIF LEI codes, 8-digit UK Companies House numbers, or 9-digit French SIREN numbers to search and enrich. |
| `sources` | `array` | `["gleif_global", "uk_companies_house", "fr_si...` | Registries to search and normalize ('gleif_global' for 2.6M+ worldwide LEI entities, 'uk_companies_house' for UK Companies House, 'fr_sirene' for EU/France INSEE Sirene & RNE). |
| `jurisdictionFilter` | `string` | `""` | Optional two-letter country/jurisdiction filter for GLEIF LEI records (e.g. 'GB', 'US', 'DE', 'FR', 'NL', 'CH'). |
| `activeOnly` | `boolean` | `false` | Emit only entities with active legal registration status. |
| `includeOfficers` | `boolean` | `true` | Attach active corporate directors, secretaries, and officers from UK Companies House and French RNE/Sirene registries. |
| `onlyNew` | `boolean` | `false` | Deduplicate across runs via Apify Key-Value Store and emit only newly seen company registry records. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | `integer` | `8` | Maximum number of company registry records to emit per search query across selected sources (default 10 queries x 8 = 80 records). |
| `delaySeconds` | `number` | `0.2` | Polite pause between upstream HTTP requests (seconds). |

#### Parameter details

- **Company names, LEI codes, UK company numbers, or SIRENs** (`queries`, `array`): Company names, 20-character GLEIF LEI codes, 8-digit UK Companies House numbers, or 9-digit French SIREN numbers to search and enrich.
- **Official corporate registries to query** (`sources`, `array`): Registries to search and normalize ('gleif_global' for 2.6M+ worldwide LEI entities, 'uk_companies_house' for UK Companies House, 'fr_sirene' for EU/France INSEE Sirene & RNE).
- **Jurisdiction ISO-2 filter (optional)** (`jurisdictionFilter`, `string`): Optional two-letter country/jurisdiction filter for GLEIF LEI records (e.g. 'GB', 'US', 'DE', 'FR', 'NL', 'CH').
- **Active companies only** (`activeOnly`, `boolean`): Emit only entities with active legal registration status.
- **Include corporate directors & officers** (`includeOfficers`, `boolean`): Attach active corporate directors, secretaries, and officers from UK Companies House and French RNE/Sirene registries.
- **Only new records** (`onlyNew`, `boolean`): Deduplicate across runs via Apify Key-Value Store and emit only newly seen company registry records.
- **Max results per query** (`maxResultsPerQuery`, `integer`): Maximum number of company registry records to emit per search query across selected sources (default 10 queries x 8 = 80 records).
- **Delay between requests** (`delaySeconds`, `number`): Polite pause between requests (default `0.2`).

#### Example input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "Barclays",
    "HSBC",
    "Siemens",
    "TotalEnergies",
    "AstraZeneca",
    "DeepMind",
    "Revolut",
    "Mistral AI",
    "Airbus",
    "Unilever"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "gleif_global",
    "uk_companies_house",
    "fr_sirene"
  ],
  "jurisdictionFilter": "",
  "activeOnly": false,
  "includeOfficers": true,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 8
}
```

### Quickstart: API, Python & Automation (Clay / n8n / Make)

Run directly via the Apify REST API (`POST /v2/acts/informed_almandine_vzb~uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher/runs`) or Python SDK:

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("informed_almandine_vzb/uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher").call(run_input={"queries": ["Barclays", "HSBC", "Siemens", "TotalEnergies", "AstraZeneca", "DeepMind", "Revolut", "Mistral AI", "Airbus", "Unilever"], "sources": ["gleif_global", "uk_companies_house", "fr_sirene"], "jurisdictionFilter": "", "activeOnly": false, "includeOfficers": true, "onlyNew": false, "maxResultsPerQuery": 8})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)
```

### Output & example output

One dataset row per result. Default table view columns: `sourceRegistry, companyName, companyNumber, leiCode, jurisdiction, entityStatus, incorporationDate, sicOrNaceCodes, registeredAddress, url`. Full structured JSON is stored in the run's default dataset.

#### Example output item

```json
{
  "sourceRegistry": "gleif_lei",
  "companyName": "BARCLAYS ALTERNATIVES - BARCLAYS QUARTERLY HEDGE",
  "companyNumber": "B175713",
  "leiCode": "213800JEUFSZW5MKIE14",
  "bicCodes": [],
  "jurisdiction": "LU",
  "entityStatus": "INACTIVE",
  "registrationStatus": "RETIRED",
  "incorporationDate": "2014-02-06",
  "nextRenewalOrAccountsDate": "2016-02-06",
  "sicOrNaceCodes": [
    "FUND",
    "8888"
  ],
  "employeeBracket": "Institutional / Corporate Entity",
  "registeredAddress": "2, RUE ALBERT BORSCHETTE, LUXEMBOURG, LU-LU, L-1246, LU",
  "headquartersAddress": "2, RUE ALBERT BORSCHETTE, LUXEMBOURG, LU-LU, L-1246, LU",
  "city": "LUXEMBOURG",
  "postalCode": "L-1246",
  "countryCode": "LU",
  "officers": [
    {
      "name": "Managed by LOU 213800WAVVOPS85N2205",
      "role": "LEI Managing LOU",
      "appointedDate": "2014-02-06"
    }
  ],
  "latestRevenueEur": null,
  "queryMatched": "Barclays",
  "url": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/213800JEUFSZW5MKIE14",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-25T16:19:54+00:00"
}
```

### Pricing (Pay-Per-Result)

This Actor uses transparent **Pay-Per-Event** pricing with a **`$0.00` actor-start fee**:

| Event | What is charged | Price |
|---|---|---|
| `company-result` | Company & LEI KYB record scraped (One normalized corporate registry & LEI KYB record from GLEIF, UK Companies House, or EU/France Sirene) | **$0.0025 / result** (**$2.50 / 1,000 results**) |
| `apify-actor-start` | Actor start fee | **$0.00** |

#### Concrete pricing math

- **`company-result` (Company & LEI KYB record scraped):** `1,000 results = $2.50` (`50 results = $0.12`, `10,000 results = $25.00`). Apify's **$5.00/month Free Tier** covers up to **2,000 results/month** at **$0.00** out-of-pocket.
- **Empty runs (`0` results) & skipped duplicates (`onlyNew` / `onlyChanged`):** **$0.00**.

### Data and compliance

100% official public corporate registry data: GLEIF LEI data is published under the CC0 public domain waiver; UK Companies House data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (robots.txt Allow: /); French INSEE Sirene / RNE data is published under Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Requests are rate-limited and routed through Apify Proxy. Per-input errors are recorded in the run's `ERRORS` key-value record and are never charged.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account, login, or API key?**\
No. This Actor queries public endpoints directly and requires zero credentials.

**What happens if I start a run with empty `{}` input via API or CLI?**\
Every input defines identical `prefill` and `default` values in `.actor/input_schema.json`, so an empty `{}` run automatically returns **50+ live records** out of the box.

**How does incremental deduplication (`onlyNew`) work?**\
When `onlyNew: true` is enabled, the Actor stores seen record IDs in a named Apify Key-Value Store (`uk-eu-company-registry-lei-state`) and emits only newly discovered records on subsequent scheduled runs.

**Can I export to CSV, Excel, Google Sheets, Clay, or n8n?**\
Yes. Every dataset item uses flat, normalized top-level keys (`sourceRegistry, companyName, companyNumber, leiCode, jurisdiction, entityStatus`, etc.) for one-click CSV/Excel download or native webhook delivery.

# Actor input Schema

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

Company names, 20-character GLEIF LEI codes, 8-digit UK Companies House numbers, or 9-digit French SIREN numbers to search and enrich.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Registries to search and normalize ('gleif_global' for 2.6M+ worldwide LEI entities, 'uk_companies_house' for UK Companies House, 'fr_sirene' for EU/France INSEE Sirene & RNE).

## `jurisdictionFilter` (type: `string`):

Optional two-letter country/jurisdiction filter for GLEIF LEI records (e.g. 'GB', 'US', 'DE', 'FR', 'NL', 'CH').

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Emit only entities with active legal registration status.

## `includeOfficers` (type: `boolean`):

Attach active corporate directors, secretaries, and officers from UK Companies House and French RNE/Sirene registries.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Deduplicate across runs via Apify Key-Value Store and emit only newly seen company registry records.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of company registry records to emit per search query across selected sources (default 10 queries x 8 = 80 records).

## `delaySeconds` (type: `number`):

Polite pause between requests.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy settings.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "Barclays",
    "HSBC",
    "Siemens",
    "TotalEnergies",
    "AstraZeneca",
    "DeepMind",
    "Revolut",
    "Mistral AI",
    "Airbus",
    "Unilever"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "gleif_global",
    "uk_companies_house",
    "fr_sirene"
  ],
  "jurisdictionFilter": "",
  "activeOnly": false,
  "includeOfficers": true,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 8,
  "delaySeconds": 0.2,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "Barclays",
        "HSBC",
        "Siemens",
        "TotalEnergies",
        "AstraZeneca",
        "DeepMind",
        "Revolut",
        "Mistral AI",
        "Airbus",
        "Unilever"
    ],
    "sources": [
        "gleif_global",
        "uk_companies_house",
        "fr_sirene"
    ],
    "jurisdictionFilter": "",
    "activeOnly": false,
    "includeOfficers": true,
    "onlyNew": false,
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 8
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("informed_almandine_vzb/uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher").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": [
        "Barclays",
        "HSBC",
        "Siemens",
        "TotalEnergies",
        "AstraZeneca",
        "DeepMind",
        "Revolut",
        "Mistral AI",
        "Airbus",
        "Unilever",
    ],
    "sources": [
        "gleif_global",
        "uk_companies_house",
        "fr_sirene",
    ],
    "jurisdictionFilter": "",
    "activeOnly": False,
    "includeOfficers": True,
    "onlyNew": False,
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 8,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("informed_almandine_vzb/uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher").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": [
    "Barclays",
    "HSBC",
    "Siemens",
    "TotalEnergies",
    "AstraZeneca",
    "DeepMind",
    "Revolut",
    "Mistral AI",
    "Airbus",
    "Unilever"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "gleif_global",
    "uk_companies_house",
    "fr_sirene"
  ],
  "jurisdictionFilter": "",
  "activeOnly": false,
  "includeOfficers": true,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 8
}' |
apify call informed_almandine_vzb/uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,informed_almandine_vzb/uk-eu-company-registry-lei-enricher"
        }
    }
}
```

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/Ch8MLHdb57neJipv4/builds/HE72mDf38iQEiaLS5/openapi.json