# Company Data Verifier: VAT, Registry and List Cleanup (`kondasviktor/company-data-verifier`) Actor

Clean company master data: EU VAT via VIES, Norway/France/US-public registry lookup, field-level diffs, optional monthly monitor. No Companies House or HMRC in v1.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kondasviktor/company-data-verifier.md
- **Developed by:** [Viktor Kondas](https://apify.com/kondasviktor) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 record checkeds

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

## Company Data Verifier: VAT, Registry and List Cleanup

Clean a company list: check EU VAT numbers with **VIES**, look up **Norway** (Brønnøysund) and **France** (recherche-entreprises) registries, match **US public companies** via SEC EDGAR, and write a field-level before/after diff. Optional monthly **monitor** mode for recurring checks.

Part of the Company Intelligence Suite: **[Company Finder](https://apify.com/kondasviktor/google-maps-company-finder)** → **[Website Intelligence + Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/kondasviktor/website-intelligence-contact-extractor)** → **Verifier**.

#### Monthly monitor schedule

Save a task with `monitorEnabled: true`, `monitorStateKey: "suppliers"`, and your list. Schedule monthly. Cost ≈ `$0.002 × records` (`monitor-recheck`) plus `$0.003`/`$0.015` when a check or verify fires — example **100 suppliers ≈ $0.20–1.50/month** depending on how many change, floored by the **$0.10** minimum.

### What it does

- Accepts inline `records`, or a `sourceDataset` from Finder/Profiler
- Registry lookup where a free, no-key API exists (NO, FR, US public)
- EU VAT validation via the official VIES SOAP service (throttled; outages are not charged as invalid)
- Field diffs: `filled` / `confirmed` / `corrected` / `conflict`
- CRM column presets (`generic`, `hubspot`, `salesforce`) — CSV round-trip only, no CRM API writes
- Monitor mode: store hashes, re-check on a schedule, optional webhook

### What it does not do (v1)

- No UK Companies House or HMRC (bring your own `registryFile` later, or use imprint)
- No Hungary e-beszámoló scraping
- No officer / director personal data
- Not AML/KYC-grade — KYB-lite master-data cleanup only
- VIES results are not redistributed as a downloadable list

### Pricing (PPE only)

| Event | Price |
| --- | ---: |
| `record-checked` | $0.003 |
| `record-verified` | $0.015 |
| `record-best-effort` | $0.008 |
| `monitor-recheck` | $0.002 |
| Minimum per run | $0.10 |

### Example input

```json
{
  "records": [
    { "name": "Brønnøysundregistrene", "country": "NO", "registrationNumber": "974760673" }
  ],
  "checks": { "registry": true, "vat": false, "imprint": false },
  "maxRecords": 10,
  "crmPreset": "generic"
}
```

### Public examples

Five Store example tasks ship with the Actor (EU VAT sample, Norway, France, HubSpot CSV, monthly monitor). Run `./create-public-tasks.sh` after the first publish.

### Related Actors

- [Company Finder](https://apify.com/kondasviktor/google-maps-company-finder) — City/industry shortlists from Google Maps
- [Website Intelligence + Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/kondasviktor/website-intelligence-contact-extractor) — Contact + tech-stack enrichment from websites

### Attribution

- Norway: Brønnøysundregistrene, NLOD
- France: data.gouv.fr / recherche-entreprises
- US: SEC EDGAR (User-Agent required)
- VAT: European Commission VIES

# Actor input Schema

## `records` (type: `array`):

Inline company rows to verify. Example: \[{"name":"Acme AS","country":"NO","city":"Oslo"}].

## `sourceDataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset ID from a Finder or Profiler run (resource picker). Example: pick the previous run dataset.

## `defaultCountry` (type: `string`):

ISO-2 country when a row has none. Example: NO.

## `checkRegistry` (type: `boolean`):

Look up Norway, France, or US public registries when available. Example: true.

## `checkVat` (type: `boolean`):

Validate EU VAT numbers via the official VIES SOAP service. Example: true.

## `checkImprint` (type: `boolean`):

Fall back to website imprint signals when no registry plugin matches (flagged best-effort). Example: true.

## `matchThreshold` (type: `number`):

Minimum confidence to mark a record verified (0–1). Below this: ambiguous. Example: 0.85.

## `crmPreset` (type: `string`):

Output column naming for re-import. Example: generic.

## `keepOriginalColumns` (type: `boolean`):

Copy all input columns through unchanged. Example: true.

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Hard cost cap. Prefill stays low for Store QA. Example: 10.

## `monitorEnabled` (type: `boolean`):

Re-check stored hashes on a schedule for recurring verification. Example: false.

## `monitorStateKey` (type: `string`):

Named key for monitor state (e.g. suppliers-eu). Required when monitor is enabled.

## `monitorOutputChangedOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Skip unchanged rows in the dataset when monitoring. Example: true.

## `monitorWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional URL to POST a run summary (Slack/n8n/Make).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "defaultCountry": "NO",
  "checkRegistry": true,
  "checkVat": true,
  "checkImprint": true,
  "matchThreshold": 0.85,
  "crmPreset": "generic",
  "keepOriginalColumns": true,
  "maxRecords": 10,
  "monitorEnabled": false,
  "monitorOutputChangedOnly": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Verified company rows with field-level diffs.

## `runOverview` (type: `string`):

Open the run in Apify Console to inspect logs and billing.

# 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 = {
    "defaultCountry": "NO",
    "checkRegistry": true,
    "checkVat": true,
    "checkImprint": true,
    "matchThreshold": 0.85,
    "crmPreset": "generic",
    "maxRecords": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kondasviktor/company-data-verifier").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 = {
    "defaultCountry": "NO",
    "checkRegistry": True,
    "checkVat": True,
    "checkImprint": True,
    "matchThreshold": 0.85,
    "crmPreset": "generic",
    "maxRecords": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kondasviktor/company-data-verifier").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 '{
  "defaultCountry": "NO",
  "checkRegistry": true,
  "checkVat": true,
  "checkImprint": true,
  "matchThreshold": 0.85,
  "crmPreset": "generic",
  "maxRecords": 10
}' |
apify call kondasviktor/company-data-verifier --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kondasviktor/company-data-verifier"
        }
    }
}
```

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/v8jPsqiD7c46RmjgX/builds/bcpG598B54ZsJfdn0/openapi.json