# Paraguay Company Finder: RUC Registry (DNIT), Legal Form (`latsouth/paraguay-company-finder`) Actor

Search 174k Paraguayan legal entities (RUC 80) from the DNIT RUC listing by name keyword, legal form and status: RUC with check digit, legal name, legal form (S.A., S.R.L., E.A.S., cooperative, non-profit), status. Open public-information licence (Decreto 4064/2015). Company data only.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/latsouth/paraguay-company-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [LatSouth Data](https://apify.com/latsouth) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 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/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.

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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

## Paraguay Company Finder: DNIT RUC registry, legal form, status

**By [LatSouth](https://latsouth.com).** Search **174,404 Paraguayan legal entities** (RUC 80) from the Dirección Nacional
de Ingresos Tributarios' RUC listing: filter by **name keyword, legal form and status**, and get the RUC with its check
digit, legal name, harmonized legal form and status in the LatSouth schema.

Company data only: natural persons (whose RUC is their cédula) are not in the data; no e-mail, phone, address, owners or
legal representatives. Names built from a person's name (E.I.R.L., E.A.S. unipersonal, estates, co-ownerships of named
persons) are masked as `***`.

| | |
|---|---|
| Rows | 174,404 RUCs · **88,743** active, private, not sole-owner (the default filters) |
| Data as of | 2026-10-01 (DNIT monthly listing); every row carries `data_as_of` |
| Price | US$0.003 per company returned: **1,000 companies = US$3** |

### Who it's for

- **KYB / onboarding**: confirm that a Paraguayan RUC exists, its legal name and whether DNIT lists it as active.
- **Market sizing**: count S.A. / S.R.L. / E.A.S. / cooperatives by keyword (`OUTPUT.total_matching`).
- **List building**: start from a name keyword ("agro", "transporte", "import") and enrich downstream.

### Coverage (default filters = 88,743 companies)

| Legal form (`legal_form_normalized`) | Companies |
|---|---:|
| Corporations (S.A., S.A.E.C.A., E.A.S.) | 53,953 |
| Non-profits (associations, foundations, committees) | 18,416 |
| Limited liability (S.R.L.) | 10,704 |
| Consortia, funds, cooperatives, partnerships, branches | 3,305 |
| Unknown form | 2,365 |

Status of all rows: active 99,334 · temporarily suspended 51,276 · cancelled 15,317 · blocked 8,477. "AGRO" in the name:
2,910 active companies.

**Not published by DNIT**: economic activity, address / department, size, workers, registration date. Use the keyword on
the name and the legal-form filter.

### Input examples

The Console form is prefilled with `{"keyword": "agro", "legal_forms": ["corp_like"], "max_results": 10}`.

```json
{ "keyword": "transporte", "legal_forms": ["corp_like", "llc_like"] }
```

```json
{ "keyword": "cooperativa", "legal_forms": ["coop"], "only_active": false }
```

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `keyword` | Case- and accent-insensitive substring in the legal name |
| `legal_forms` | `corp_like`, `llc_like`, `partnership`, `coop`, `nonprofit`, `joint_venture`, `foreign_branch`, `fund`, `public`, `unknown` |
| `only_active`, `exclude_public_sector`, `exclude_sole_owner` | Default **true** |
| `sort_by` | `tax_id` |
| `max_results` | Default 1,000 via API |

### Output

`tax_id` (`80012345-6`), `tax_id_formatted`, `tax_id_type` (RUC), `legal_name`, `legal_name_masked`, `legal_form`,
`legal_form_normalized`, `is_sole_owner_entity`, `is_active`, `status` (active, suspended, cancelled, blocked), `sector`,
`data_as_of`, `source`, `source_license`.

### Sources, licence and attribution

Dirección Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT), "Listado de RUC con sus equivalencias"
(<https://www.dnit.gov.py/web/portal-institucional/listado-de-ruc-con-sus-equivalencias>), updated 2026-10-01. Public
information of the Paraguayan State is covered by the **Licencia de Uso de la Información Pública** of Decreto 4064/2015
(art. 38 and Annex II): free use, copy, distribution and transformation, including commercial use, provided the source,
the licence and the date of last update are cited. Keep this credit (each row's `source` holds it):

> Fuente: Direccion Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT), Listado de RUC con sus equivalencias (www.dnit.gov.py),
> actualizado al 2026-10-01. El contenido se rige por la Licencia de Uso de la Informacion Publica del Estado Paraguayo
> (Decreto 4064/2015, art. 38 y Anexo II). Datos transformados; no es un producto oficial de la DNIT ni cuenta con su
> respaldo.

### Limitations

- Name, RUC and status only: no activity, address, size or dates are published by DNIT.
- `legal_form` is inferred from the registered name (the listing has no legal-form column); 2,365 active companies have
  no recognizable form.
- E.A.S. unipersonal names are masked like every single-owner form (LatSouth rule), even when the name is a brand.

### Pricing

Pay per event: `company-result`, **US$0.003** per company row returned (1,000 = US$3). Set a maximum cost per run and the
actor stops when it is reached (`OUTPUT.stopped_by_budget`).

### Related

- [LATAM Company Finder](https://apify.com/latsouth/latam-company-finder): the same schema for more countries.

### Privacy

Company data only. You are responsible for lawful use under Paraguayan law and for honouring opt-out requests
(hello@latsouth.com). Methodology: <https://latsouth.com/methodology/>

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Case- and accent-insensitive substring in the company name (e.g. agro, transporte, software).

## `legal_forms` (type: `array`):

Harmonized legal form (inferred from the registered name). Leave empty for all.

## `only_active` (type: `boolean`):

Keep RUCs that DNIT lists as ACTIVO (about 57%; the rest are temporarily suspended, cancelled or blocked).

## `exclude_public_sector` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out government bodies, state-owned companies and international organizations.

## `exclude_sole_owner` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out sole-owner companies (EIRL, unipersonal, EIRELI) and entities whose name is a person's name. Their names are masked (\*\*\*) anyway.

## `sort_by` (type: `string`):

Order of results.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

You pay per company returned (US$0.003 each: 1,000 companies = US$3). The run also stops at your spending limit. Default 1,000 when called via API without this field.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "agro",
  "legal_forms": [
    "corp_like"
  ],
  "only_active": true,
  "exclude_public_sector": true,
  "exclude_sole_owner": true,
  "sort_by": "tax_id",
  "max_results": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

Matching companies, one item per row. Download as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML via the dataset API.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

total_matching, rows pushed, data_as_of, attribution, applied input and whether the run stopped at the buyer's budget cap.

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "agro",
    "legal_forms": [
        "corp_like"
    ],
    "max_results": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("latsouth/paraguay-company-finder").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 = {
    "keyword": "agro",
    "legal_forms": ["corp_like"],
    "max_results": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("latsouth/paraguay-company-finder").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 '{
  "keyword": "agro",
  "legal_forms": [
    "corp_like"
  ],
  "max_results": 10
}' |
apify call latsouth/paraguay-company-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/yrPBaazLh29vMkDK6/builds/2SKReg0GyjLHTgg5B/openapi.json