Australia Business Register Scraper — ABN/ABR Leads

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📌 Overview

The Australia Business Register Scraper turns the Business Names register — published by the Australian Government as open data on data.gov.au — into an analysis-ready dataset. It reads directly from the data.gov.au CKAN datastore API, the same open data the government publishes, so there is no login, no API key and no captcha.

For every Australian business name you get the business name, ABN (Australian Business Number), registration status, registration & cancellation dates, the state/territory of registration and the state registration number — plus a ready-made ABR (Australian Business Register) lookup URL for the ABN.

Perfect for Australia B2B lead generation, sales prospecting, market research, CRM enrichment, KYC / compliance and competitor mapping — exported to CSV, Excel, JSON or pushed to Google Sheets and your CRM via API.

✅ Combine a query + state filter and raise maxResults to assemble a large, targeted Australian prospect list in a single run.

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❓ What does the Australia business / ABN register scraper do?

It queries the official Business Names register on the data.gov.au CKAN datastore with your filters, normalises the records into clean spreadsheet-ready columns, de-dupes by record id, paginates automatically and adds an ABR lookup URL per business. You set filters in a simple form; you get a structured dataset back — no code, no registry account, no CKAN integration work.

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✨ Features

	Feature	Description
🎯	Australia B2B lead data	Business name, ABN, status, state and registration dates — straight from the official register.
🔎	Filtering	Search by business name (query), registration status (Registered / Cancelled / Deregistered) and state/territory (NSW, VIC, QLD…).
🔗	ABR lookup link	Every row includes a direct abr.business.gov.au lookup URL for the ABN.
🆕	Find active businesses	Filter status = Registered to focus on live, active business names.
📦	Bulk export	Tens of thousands of businesses per query, auto-paginated; export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or pull via API & webhooks.
🔓	No API key needed	Reads the official open data.gov.au CKAN API — no login, no key, no signup, no captcha.
🩺	Self-healing source	Verifies the register resource is live each run and auto-discovers the current one if it ever moves.

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📊 What data you get

One clean row per business. Verified output fields:

Field	Description
businessName	Registered business name (BN_NAME)
abn	Australian Business Number (BN_ABN)
status	Registration status — Registered / Cancelled / Deregistered (BN_STATUS)
registeredDate	Registration date (BN_REG_DT, DD/MM/YYYY)
cancelledDate	Cancellation date, when present (BN_CANCEL_DT)
stateOfRegistration	State / territory of registration (BN_STATE_OF_REG)
stateNumber	State registration number (BN_STATE_NUM)
register	Register name (REGISTER_NAME)
abrUrl	Direct ABR lookup URL for the ABN
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of the run

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🚀 How to use

1. Open the actor and set your filters (business name query, status, state) — or just run it for a broad slice.
2. Set maxResults.
3. Run, then export the dataset to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets.

Input fields

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Free-text search across the register record (CKAN q), e.g. consulting
status	select	Registration status: any / Registered (active — best for leads) / Cancelled / Deregistered
state	select	State / territory of registration: any / ACT / NSW / NT / QLD / SA / TAS / VIC / WA
abn	string	Look up a single business by exact 11-digit ABN
maxResults	integer	Cap (default 500, 0 = unlimited; CKAN caps very deep pagination)
useProxy	boolean	Route through Apify Proxy (datacenter). Default true
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy override

Example scenarios

1) Registered consulting businesses in NSW

{
  "query": "consulting",
  "status": "Registered",
  "state": "NSW",
  "maxResults": 2000
}

2) All active cafes in Victoria

{
  "query": "cafe",
  "status": "Registered",
  "state": "VIC",
  "maxResults": 1000
}

3) Look up a single ABN

{
  "abn": "47151666812"
}

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📦 Example output

{
  "businessName": "HOOLIHAN PROPERTY CONSULTING",
  "abn": "47151666812",
  "status": "Registered",
  "registeredDate": "06/01/2011",
  "cancelledDate": null,
  "stateOfRegistration": "NSW",
  "stateNumber": "BN98545970",
  "register": "BUSINESS NAMES",
  "abrUrl": "https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=47151666812",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Export to CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, push to Google Sheets / your CRM, or pull via the Apify API and webhooks.

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🎯 Use cases

• B2B lead generation — build targeted Australian prospect lists by business name and state, with ABN and a ready ABR lookup link.
• Sales prospecting — filter Registered businesses by state and surface live, active business names to approach.
• Market research — count and profile businesses by name keyword, state and registration date.
• KYC / compliance & due diligence — verify business names, ABNs and registration / cancellation status.
• Competitor mapping — survey every business name matching a keyword in a state and benchmark status.
• CRM enrichment — look businesses up by ABN and append official register fields and the ABR URL.

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❓ FAQ

Is there a free Australia business register / ABN API?

Yes. The Australian Government publishes the Business Names register as fully open data on data.gov.au via its CKAN datastore API — no key, no login, no signup. This actor is a friendly, filterable export layer on top of it: set filters in a form, run, and download a clean dataset with pagination handled and records normalised to columns.

How do I export Australian business data to Excel?

Every run writes one row per business to a dataset you can export to Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML, or pull via the Apify API. Set your filters (query, status, state), run, and use the Export button to download an .xlsx / .csv of the segment.

Does it include emails and phone numbers?

The official Business Names register does not publish emails or phone numbers — it carries the business name, ABN, status, dates, state and state number. Each row includes an ABR lookup URL so you can open the business on abr.business.gov.au, and the ABN can be used to enrich contact details from other sources.

Is scraping this data legal?

This actor reads only the official open data the Australian Government publishes on data.gov.au under its open licence via the public CKAN API — no login or circumvention involved. As always, credit the source (data.gov.au / ASIC Business Names register) and follow the dataset's licence and applicable law for your specific use case.

Can I get the whole register?

The register holds ~3.27 million records. CKAN caps very deep pagination, so for the full set split your run by state and/or query keyword and combine the datasets. A single broad run returns the first slice up to your maxResults.

Is this a CKAN / data.gov.au API alternative for bulk download?

Yes — it's the easiest data.gov.au API alternative for non-developers: no code, automatic pagination, records normalised to columns, and direct export to CSV / Excel / JSON.

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📈 Notes on coverage & limits

• No contact details in the source. The Business Names register does not include email or phone — it provides name, ABN, status, dates and state. Use the abrUrl / ABN to enrich elsewhere.
• Deep-pagination cap. CKAN caps very deep offsets. For large segments, split your run by state and/or query keyword and combine the datasets.
• Business names only. This actor scrapes the Business Names register; it is not the full ABN/company register and does not include directors or financials.

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