Switzerland Government Data Search

Search 25 official Swiss government data sources in a single API call — cantonal company registries (Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Thurgau), GLEIF LEI entities, SNB exchange rates, building permits and registries, Swiss clinical trials, WHO health indicators, Fedlex federal legislation, parliament affairs, and TED procurement. All data from official Swiss government databases through the SIP Public Data Gateway.

What is Switzerland Government Data Search?

Switzerland Government Data Search is an Apify Actor that queries official Swiss government databases across business, construction, health, legal, and procurement domains. Instead of navigating opendata.swiss, cantonal portals, Fedlex, and SNB separately, you search them all at once.

The Actor calls the SIP Public Data Gateway — a unified API that normalizes responses from 25 Swiss data products. No browser, no scraping — just HTTPS API calls.

Features

• One search, 25 sources — Query cantonal company registries, GLEIF LEI, SNB rates, Fedlex legislation, and TED procurement in parallel
• Five category toggles — Enable or disable business, construction, health, legal, and procurement independently
• Structured JSON output — Every record includes _product_id, _source, _search_term, and _collected_at metadata
• Multilingual search — Swiss APIs accept German, French, and Italian queries
• Configurable result limits — Control output volume with maxResultsPerSource (up to 200 per source)
• No upstream API keys needed — SIP handles authentication with all upstream Swiss government APIs

Why use Switzerland Government Data Search?

• One search, 25 sources — Query company registries, building data, clinical trials, legislation, and procurement simultaneously
• Official Swiss data — All sources are public databases from Swiss cantons, federal agencies, SNB, and opendata.swiss
• Cantonal company registries — Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, and Thurgau commercial registers plus GLEIF LEI
• Swiss clinical trials — SNCTP Swiss National Clinical Trials Portal with WHO health indicators
• Fedlex legislation — Swiss federal law and EUR-Lex bilateral agreements with the EU

Use cases

Who	What
Due diligence teams	Search cantonal company registries and GLEIF LEI for Swiss entity verification
Financial professionals	Access SNB exchange rates and Swiss-registered LEI entities
Pharma companies	Search Swiss clinical trials and WHO health indicators
Property professionals	Access Basel building permits, cantonal building registries, and geo.admin data
Legal professionals	Query Fedlex legislation, parliament affairs, and EU bilateral agreements
Government suppliers	Monitor TED procurement notices for Swiss public tenders

What data can Switzerland Government Data Search extract?

Source	Data type	Example fields
Basel-Stadt companies	Cantonal commercial register	company_name, uid, status, legal_form
Basel-Landschaft companies	BL commercial register	company_name, uid, domicile
Thurgau companies	TG commercial register	company_name, uid, purpose
GLEIF LEI	Swiss LEI-registered entities	legal_name, lei, entity_status
SNB exchange rates	Swiss National Bank FX rates	currency, rate, date
Basel building permits	BS building permit applications	address, type, status, date
Basel buildings	BS/BL building registries	address, building_id, type
geo.admin buildings	Federal building data	address, coordinates, type
Swiss clinical trials	SNCTP registered trials	title, sponsor, status, phase
WHO health indicators	Health statistics for Switzerland	indicator, value, year
Fedlex legislation	Swiss federal law	title, sr_number, status
Parliament affairs	Federal parliament business	title, type, council, status
EUR-Lex bilateral	CH-EU bilateral agreements	title, celex_number, date
TED procurement	EU procurement for Switzerland	title, buyer, value, deadline

Example Output

[
  {
    "legal_name": "Nestlé S.A.",
    "lei": "KY37LUS27QQX7BB93L28",
    "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
    "_product_id": "ch_gleif_lei",
    "_source": "gleif_lei",
    "_search_term": "Nestlé",
    "_collected_at": "2026-04-13T10:00:00Z"
  },
  {
    "company_name": "UBS Group AG",
    "uid": "CHE-395.345.924",
    "status": "Active",
    "legal_form": "AG",
    "_product_id": "ch_basel_city_companies",
    "_source": "basel_city_companies",
    "_search_term": "UBS",
    "_collected_at": "2026-04-13T10:00:00Z"
  }
]

How to search Swiss data

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console
2. Enter search terms (e.g. "Nestlé", "Zurich", "pharma", "Baugesuch")
3. Select data categories — business, construction, and health are on by default
4. Click Start — the Actor queries all enabled sources in parallel
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["Nestlé", "Novartis"],
  "includeBusiness": true,
  "includeConstruction": false,
  "includeHealth": false,
  "includeLegal": false,
  "includeProcurement": false,
  "maxResultsPerSource": 50
}

Output

{
  "company_name": "Nestlé S.A.",
  "uid": "CHE-116.281.710",
  "domicile": "Vevey",
  "legal_form": "AG",
  "_product_id": "ch_gleif_lei",
  "_source": "gleif_lei",
  "_search_term": "Nestlé",
  "_collected_at": "2026-04-08T14:00:00Z"
}

How much does it cost?

Pay-per-event pricing at $2.00 per 1,000 records returned.

• Company lookup (1 term, business only): ~$0.01–0.03
• Full scan (3 terms, all 25 sources): ~$0.30–2.00

No browser overhead. Control costs with maxResultsPerSource.

Data sources (25 Swiss products)

Category	Sources	Count
Business	Basel-Stadt/BL/Thurgau companies, GLEIF LEI, SNB rates, opendata business, business aggregate	7
Construction	BS building permits, BS/BL buildings, geo.admin buildings, opendata construction, construction aggregate	6
Health	Swiss clinical trials (SNCTP), WHO indicators, opendata health, health aggregate	4
Legal	Fedlex legislation, parliament affairs, EUR-Lex bilateral, opendata legal, legal aggregate	5
Procurement	TED CH procurement, opendata procurement, procurement aggregate	3

FAQ

Which cantons are covered? Currently Basel-Stadt (BS), Basel-Landschaft (BL), and Thurgau (TG) have dedicated company registry products. The business aggregate and opendata catalog provide broader coverage.

Does it support German, French, and Italian? Swiss government APIs accept queries in all national languages. Use the language relevant to the canton or data source you're targeting.

What is the opendata catalog? opendata.swiss dataset catalog searches — these return dataset metadata (title, description, publisher) rather than individual records. Useful for discovering available Swiss open data.

Use as MCP Tool (AI Agent Integration)

This Actor works as an MCP tool — AI agents (Claude, GPT, Cursor) can discover and run it automatically.

Quick setup (Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code)

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then ask your AI: "Search for Nestlé in Swiss government databases"

Direct API call

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lentic_clockss/switzerland-data-search").call(
    run_input={"searchTerms": ["Nestlé"], "maxResultsPerSource": 50}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Other Data API Actors

• EU Business & Company Registry API
• France Government Data API
• Denmark Government Data API
• US Financial Data API

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🔗 Integrations

Connect this Actor to 1,000+ apps with zero code changes:

Platform	How to Connect
Make	Search "Apify" in Make → select "Run Actor" → Actor ID: lentic_clockss/switzerland-data-search
n8n	Add Apify node → "Run Actor" action → Actor ID: lentic_clockss/switzerland-data-search
Zapier	Use the Apify integration → "Run Actor" action
LangChain	See Python example below
MCP	Connect via npx @anthropic-ai/mcp apify → this Actor is auto-discoverable

Python (LangChain AI agent):

from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool

tool = ApifyActorsTool("lentic_clockss/switzerland-data-search")
result = tool.invoke({"searchTerms": ["Nestlé"], "maxResults": 5})

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Also Available

• Postman Collection: Fork and test in Postman — pre-built requests with example responses
• GitHub: Collection source files — import JSON into any API client
• Direct API: https://opendata.best/api/v1/data — use with any HTTP client and your API key