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UK Companies House Scraper

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UK Companies House Scraper

UK Companies House Scraper

Scrapes company information from the UK Companies House register.

Pricing

Pay per usage

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Developer

Jan Bruinier

Jan Bruinier

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1

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3 days ago

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Companies House UK Scraper

Scrape UK company data from Companies House. Extract company details, officers, filing history, and financial information using the free Companies House API with Playwright fallback.

Features

  • Extract company data, reviews, ratings, and business intelligence from UK Companies House
  • Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, and other formats
  • Configurable result limits and pagination
  • Proxy support for reliable scraping
  • Pay-per-result pricing with free tier (50 results free per run)

Input Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
searchQuerystringNotechnologySearch term to find companies (e.g., 'technology', 'london bakery'). Leave empty if using companyNumber.
companyNumberstringNo-Specific Companies House company number to look up (e.g., '00000006'). If provided, searchQuery is ignored.
maxResultsintegerNo50Maximum number of companies to scrape.
includeOfficersbooleanNotrueWhether to fetch officer/director information for each company.
includeFilingsbooleanNofalseWhether to fetch recent filing history for each company.
apiKeystringNo-Free API key from Companies House (https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/). Optional - falls back to w...
proxy_configobjectNo{'useApifyProxy': True}Proxy configuration for the scraper (used for web scraping fallback).

Output Example

{
"name": "Company Name",
"rating": 4.2,
"reviewCount": 856,
"category": "Software",
"description": "Company description...",
"url": "https://example.com/company/123"
}

Cost Calculator

ResultsCost
50Free
1,000$3.50
10,000$35.00
100,000$350.00

Plus $0.005 per actor run. First 50 results per run are free.

Use Cases

  • Competitive intelligence and market research
  • Vendor evaluation and due diligence
  • Lead generation and prospecting
  • Industry benchmarking and reporting
  • Building business intelligence dashboards

Limitations

  • Results depend on UK Companies House's availability and structure
  • Some pages may require residential proxies for reliable access
  • Rate limiting may apply for very large scrapes
  • Website layout changes may temporarily affect data extraction

Changelog

  • v0.1 - Initial release