Australia Business Register Scraper — ABN, Business Names & B2B Leads (Official Open Data)

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Turn Australia's official Business Names register into an analysis-ready dataset. This Actor reads directly from the data.gov.au CKAN open data API — the same open data the Australian Government publishes — so it is not scraping a private site: it is a clean, filterable export layer on top of an official public registry. For every Australian business name you get the business name, ABN, registration status, registration & cancellation dates, state of registration and state registration number, plus a ready-made ABR (Australian Business Register) lookup URL for each ABN. Fast, no login, no API key, no captcha.

🏆 Why this Australia business register scraper?

10 fields per record · thousands of businesses per run · reads the official data.gov.au CKAN open data API · datacenter-proxy ready, auto-paginated & de-duped · export to JSON / CSV / Excel. The easiest data.gov.au / ABN API alternative for B2B lead generation, prospecting, market research and KYC.

✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 🇦🇺 Official open registry — pulls Australia's Business Names register straight from data.gov.au via the public CKAN datastore API. No login, no key, no signup, no captcha.
• 🎯 B2B lead data — business name, ABN, status, state and registration dates in clean, spreadsheet-ready columns for every record.
• 🔎 Powerful filtering — search by business name (query), filter by registration status (Registered / Cancelled / Deregistered) and by state/territory (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT).
• 🆕 Find active businesses — set status = Registered to focus on live, active business names, ideal for outreach lists.
• 🔗 ABR lookup link — every row includes a direct abr.business.gov.au lookup URL for the ABN, so you can open any business on the official register in one click.
• 🔢 Single-ABN lookup — pass an exact 11-digit abn to resolve one business to its official register fields.
• 📦 Bulk export — tens of thousands of businesses per query, auto-paginated and de-duped by record id; export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or pull via the Apify API and webhooks.
• 🩺 Self-healing source — verifies the register resource is live on each run and auto-discovers the current CKAN resource if the government ever moves it.
• ⚡ No browser — direct HTTP against the CKAN datastore; no headless browser, no DOM walking, no CKAN integration work on your side.

🚀 Quick start (3 steps)

1. Configure — set your filters: a business-name query (e.g. consulting), a status (Registered is best for leads) and a state — or just run it for a broad slice. Set maxResults.
2. Run — click Start. The Actor queries the CKAN datastore, normalises each record into columns, paginates automatically and streams businesses into your dataset.
3. Get your data — open the Output tab and export to JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, push to Google Sheets / your CRM, or pull it via the Apify API.

📥 Input

Set a few filters in a simple form — everything is optional, so you can run it broad or laser-targeted.

Example — registered consulting businesses in NSW

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

Example — all active cafes in Victoria (prospect list)

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

Example — look up a single business by ABN

{
  "abn": "47151666812"
}

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Free-text search across the register record (CKAN q), matching business names, e.g. consulting, plumbing, cafe. Leave empty for a broad slice.
status	string	Registration status: any (default), Registered (active — best for leads), Cancelled or Deregistered.
state	string	State / territory of registration (BN_STATE_OF_REG): any, ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.
abn	string	Look up a single business by its exact 11-digit ABN (BN_ABN), e.g. 47151666812. Leave empty for all.
maxResults	integer	Stop after this many businesses. Default 500; 0 = unlimited (CKAN caps very deep pagination — narrow by state/query to target a large segment).
useProxy	boolean	Route requests through Apify Proxy (datacenter by default). Default true. The data.gov.au CKAN API is open, so you can turn this off, but keeping proxy on is stable and recommended.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy settings. Datacenter is plenty for the open data.gov.au CKAN API.

Tip — assemble a large targeted list: combine a query keyword with a state and raise maxResults. To approximate the whole register, split your run by state and/or by query keyword and combine the datasets — CKAN caps very deep offsets, so segmented runs go deeper than one broad run.

📤 Output

One clean row per business — 10 fields, exportable to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML. Here is a sample record:

{
  "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": "2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Z"
}

💡 Use cases

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

👥 Who uses it

B2B lead-gen & sales agencies · market researchers & analysts · KYC / compliance & due-diligence teams · accountants & bookkeepers · CRM & data-enrichment teams · founders validating an Australian market.

💰 Pricing

This Actor runs on a simple pay-per-result model — you pay for the businesses you extract, with no separate Apify platform fees to calculate. Try it on the free tier first, then scale up. See the Pricing tab on this page for the current rate.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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.

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 de-duped and normalised to columns, and direct export to CSV / Excel / JSON. You get the official open data without writing a single CKAN query.

Can I get Australian business data without an API or login?

Yes. There is no registry account, API key or login required — only an Apify account. The Actor reads the public data.gov.au CKAN open data API over direct HTTP, with no captcha to solve.

How do I export Australian business data to Excel or CSV?

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?

No — 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.

How much data can I get / can I get the whole register?

The register holds ~3.27 million records. You can pull thousands per run. 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 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), follow the dataset's licence and comply with applicable law (including privacy rules) for your specific use case.

How do I find all registered businesses in a specific Australian state?

Set state to NSW, VIC, QLD or any territory and status to Registered, then run — the Actor returns every active business name in that state with its ABN and registration date, ready for export.

Can I verify an ABN and get the business name in bulk?

Yes. Enter a single 11-digit abn to look up one business, or run a query to pull thousands of records at once — each row carries the ABN, business name, status and an ABR lookup URL.

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⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule this Actor on Apify to refresh your Australian business dataset daily or weekly and keep prospect lists current. Export results to JSON, CSV or Excel, sync to Google Sheets, or push to your database, CRM, BI tools and webhooks through the Apify API. Connect it to Make, n8n or Zapier to build automated lead-gen and enrichment pipelines.

⭐ Support & feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the Issues tab — response is usually fast. If this Actor saves you time, a ★★★★★ review on the Store page genuinely helps and is hugely appreciated. 🙏

⚖️ Legal

This Actor reads only Australia's official open registry data (data.gov.au / ASIC Business Names register) under its open licence via the public CKAN API — no login or circumvention. You are responsible for crediting the source and complying with the dataset's licence, GDPR/privacy rules and any applicable local laws for your specific use case.

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📝 Changelog

2026-07-06

• ✨ README overhaul: richer output sample, ready-to-run example scenarios, company-registry & open-data cross-promo links, expanded FAQ and clearer quick-start.

2026-07-01

• Maintenance pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data and confirmed successful runs within the 5-minute quality window on the default input.
• Sharpened Store metadata (SEO title & description) and expanded the FAQ with high-intent, long-tail questions for easier discovery in Google and Apify Store search.
• Added ready-to-run example tasks that cover common real-world use cases.

2026-06-15

• Reliability pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data with real-world inputs. Routine maintenance build.