# German Insolvency Announcements Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper`) Actor Scrape insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de for German bankruptcy notices: debtor, court, Insolvenzverwalter, key dates. First on Apify. Pairs with Bundesanzeiger for full German distress feed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event 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 ## German Insolvency Announcements Scraper Scrape [insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de](https://neu.insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de/), Germany's official court-operated insolvency portal. Returns structured records for every published announcement — debtor name, court, Insolvenzverwalter, key dates, and the full legal text — across all 16 federal states. --- ### German Insolvency Scraper Features - Extracts ~5,800 announcements per business day for all-Germany queries - Returns debtor name, city, court, case number, register entry, and announcement type for every record - Fetches full announcement text via AJAX — including Insolvenzverwalter contact details, opening date, and claims deadline - Supports three query modes: recent announcements, exact date range, and name search - Filters by Bundesland to narrow results to a specific federal state - Infers announcement type from legal text keywords (Eröffnung, Schlusstermin, Vergütung, Restschuldbefreiung) - No proxies required — the portal is a public government service --- ### What Can You Do With German Insolvency Data? - **Distressed debt investors** — Track new Eröffnungsbeschluss filings to identify early-stage workout opportunities before the market prices them in - **Credit insurers and risk teams** — Monitor insolvency filings against counterparty lists to trigger coverage reviews and set reserves - **Legal recovery firms** — Pull Insolvenzverwalter contact details for creditor notification without manual portal navigation - **Factoring and trade credit providers** — Screen buyer exposure against daily filing feeds to flag deteriorating credit quality - **M&A advisors and restructuring consultants** — Build a German distressed pipeline feed, or at least the raw data that makes one possible - **Research and compliance teams** — Create auditable records of insolvency filing dates and court assignments for regulatory or litigation purposes --- ### How German Insolvency Scraper Works 1. Choose a query mode — recent announcements (last N days), a specific date range, or a name search for a company or person 2. The scraper submits a search to the portal and parses every row from the results table, including date, court, debtor, city, and register info 3. If `fetchDetailText` is enabled, it makes an additional request per record to pull the full announcement text — including Insolvenzverwalter name and address, proceedings open date, and claims filing deadline 4. Results are returned as structured JSON, one record per announcement, with type classification inferred from the legal text --- ### Input ```json { "mode": "recent_announcements", "lookbackDays": 3, "fetchDetailText": true, "maxItems": 100 } ```` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `mode` | string | `recent_announcements` | Query mode: `recent_announcements`, `by_date_range`, or `by_debtor_name` | | `lookbackDays` | integer | `3` | Days to look back from today (for `recent_announcements` and `by_debtor_name` modes) | | `dateFrom` | string | — | Start date for `by_date_range` mode (YYYY-MM-DD) | | `dateTo` | string | — | End date for `by_date_range` mode (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today | | `debtorName` | string | — | Company or person name to search for (`by_debtor_name` mode) | | `bundesland` | string | — | Filter by federal state. Leave blank for all states | | `fetchDetailText` | boolean | `true` | Fetch full announcement text via AJAX for each result | | `maxItems` | integer | `10` | Maximum announcements to return | #### Additional Input Examples Search by debtor name across the last 7 days: ```json { "mode": "by_debtor_name", "debtorName": "Müller", "lookbackDays": 7, "fetchDetailText": true, "maxItems": 50 } ``` Pull a specific date range for one federal state: ```json { "mode": "by_date_range", "dateFrom": "2026-04-01", "dateTo": "2026-04-30", "bundesland": "Bayern", "fetchDetailText": false, "maxItems": 1000 } ``` *** ### German Insolvency Scraper Output Fields ```json { "announcement_date": "06.05.2026", "case_number": "67 IN 123/26", "court": "München", "debtor_name": "Mustermann GmbH", "debtor_city": "München", "register_info": "München, HRB 123456", "announcement_text": "Über das Vermögen der Mustermann GmbH ... wurde am 04.05.2026 das Insolvenzverfahren eröffnet ...", "insolvency_administrator": "Dr. Hans Meier, Rechtsanwalt\nMusterstraße 1, 80331 München\nTel.: 089 12345-0", "opening_date": "04.05.2026", "claims_deadline": "16.06.2026", "announcement_type_hint": "Eroeffnung", "scraped_at": "2026-05-06T15:14:52.000Z" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `announcement_date` | string | Date published (DD.MM.YYYY) | | `case_number` | string | Court file number (Aktenzeichen) | | `court` | string | Insolvency court (Insolvenzgericht) | | `debtor_name` | string | Debtor name — company or person | | `debtor_city` | string | Debtor city or municipality | | `register_info` | string | Commercial register entry (if applicable) | | `announcement_text` | string | Full legal announcement text (when `fetchDetailText` is true) | | `insolvency_administrator` | string | Insolvenzverwalter name and address extracted from text | | `opening_date` | string | Date proceedings were opened (if present in text) | | `claims_deadline` | string | Claims filing deadline (Anmeldefrist, if present) | | `announcement_type_hint` | string | Inferred type: `Eroeffnung`, `Schlusstermin`, `Verguetung`, `Restschuldbefreiung`, or `Other` | | `scraped_at` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp when record was collected | *** ### 🔍 FAQ #### How do I scrape German insolvency announcements? German Insolvency Scraper handles the session management and form submission the portal requires. Set `mode` to `recent_announcements`, configure `lookbackDays`, and run it — you'll get structured JSON for every published announcement without touching the portal manually. #### How much does German Insolvency Scraper cost to run? Pricing is per record at $0.05 per announcement plus $0.10 per run start. A day's worth of all-Germany filings (~5,800 records) costs around $2.90. Disabling `fetchDetailText` skips the per-record AJAX calls and speeds up runs when you only need listing data. #### What data does insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de publish? German Insolvency Scraper pulls everything the portal exposes: court, debtor identity, city, case number, register entry, and the full text of each legal announcement. The announcement text includes Insolvenzverwalter contact details, proceedings open date, and claims deadlines — the fields that actually matter for creditor workflows. #### Does German Insolvency Scraper need proxies? It doesn't. The portal is a public German government service with no geo-restriction or IP blocking. Direct requests work without proxy configuration. #### Can I filter results by announcement type? The portal doesn't expose announcement type as a filter. German Insolvency Scraper infers the type from keywords in the announcement text and returns it in `announcement_type_hint`. Filter the output dataset by this field after the run. *** ### Need More Features? Need additional fields, custom state filters, or integration with Bundesanzeiger data? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use German Insolvency Scraper? - **First on Apify** — no other actor covers insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de, which publishes every German court-issued insolvency notice - **Full text extraction** — pulls Insolvenzverwalter contact details, opening dates, and claims deadlines from the AJAX-loaded announcement text, not just the listing table - **No proxies, no auth** — the portal is public, so there's nothing to route around # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `mode` (type: `string`): How to query the portal. ## `lookbackDays` (type: `integer`): Number of days to look back from today (for recent\_announcements mode). ## `dateFrom` (type: `string`): Start date for date\_range mode (YYYY-MM-DD). ## `dateTo` (type: `string`): End date for date\_range mode (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today. ## `debtorName` (type: `string`): Company or person name to search for (by\_debtor\_name mode). ## `bundesland` (type: `string`): Filter by German federal state. ## `fetchDetailText` (type: `boolean`): Fetch full announcement text via AJAX for each result (slower but richer data). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of announcements to return. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): No description ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "recent_announcements", "lookbackDays": 3, "fetchDetailText": true, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # 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 = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "recent_announcements", "lookbackDays": 3, "dateFrom": "", "dateTo": "", "debtorName": "", "bundesland": "", "fetchDetailText": true, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "recent_announcements", "lookbackDays": 3, "dateFrom": "", "dateTo": "", "debtorName": "", "bundesland": "", "fetchDetailText": True, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper").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 '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "recent_announcements", "lookbackDays": 3, "dateFrom": "", "dateTo": "", "debtorName": "", "bundesland": "", "fetchDetailText": true, "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "German Insolvency Announcements Scraper", "description": "Scrape insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de for German bankruptcy notices: debtor, court, Insolvenzverwalter, key dates. First on Apify. Pairs with Bundesanzeiger for full German distress feed.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "VMqihMPsCoFT01UFT" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-insolvenzbekanntmachungen-de-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "mode": { "title": "Query Mode", "enum": [ "recent_announcements", "by_date_range", "by_debtor_name" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to query the portal." }, "lookbackDays": { "title": "Lookback Days", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 30, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of days to look back from today (for recent_announcements mode)." }, "dateFrom": { "title": "Date From", "type": "string", "description": "Start date for date_range mode (YYYY-MM-DD)." }, "dateTo": { "title": "Date To", "type": "string", "description": "End date for date_range mode (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today." }, "debtorName": { "title": "Debtor Name", "type": "string", "description": "Company or person name to search for (by_debtor_name mode)." }, "bundesland": { "title": "Federal State (Bundesland)", "enum": [ "", "Baden-Wuerttemberg", "Bayern", "Berlin", "Brandenburg", "Bremen", "Hamburg", "Hessen", "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern", "Niedersachsen", "Nordrhein-Westfalen", "Rheinland-Pfalz", "Saarland", "Sachsen", "Sachsen-Anhalt", "Schleswig-Holstein", "Thueringen" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by German federal state." }, "fetchDetailText": { "title": "Fetch Announcement Text", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch full announcement text via AJAX for each result (slower but richer data)." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of announcements to return." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "" } } }, "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": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```