# EU Companies Registry Scraper — DE, FR, NL (`logiover/eu-companies-registry-scraper`) Actor

Search public company registers across Germany (Handelsregister), France (INPI / recherche-entreprises), and Netherlands (KvK). Returns company name, registration number, address, status, directors, registration date. Unified output across jurisdictions. KYC, lead-gen, sales prospecting use cases.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/logiover/eu-companies-registry-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Logiover](https://apify.com/logiover) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Jobs, Automation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.50 / 1,000 results

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU Companies Registry Scraper (DE / FR / NL)

Unified scraper for public company registers across three EU jurisdictions:

| Country | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Germany | [handelsregister.de](https://www.handelsregister.de/) | Full Schlagwort search (JSF form), residential DE IP required |
| 🇫🇷 France | [recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr](https://recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/) | Official government open API, no key, very rich data |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | [kvk.nl](https://www.kvk.nl/) | Public search via internal JSON endpoint (HTML fallback) |

### Features

- **Bulk search** by `{query, country}` pairs
- **Unified output schema** — same fields across all three sources
- **Rich data from FR API**: registration number (SIREN), legal form, full address, status, directors with roles, NACE codes, employee range, last INSEE update
- **Pagination** until your `maxResultsPerQuery` or end of results
- **Residential proxy support** — KvK and Handelsregister geofence/rate-limit aggressive IPs

### Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    { "query": "BNP Paribas", "country": "FR" },
    { "query": "Volkswagen",  "country": "DE" },
    { "query": "Shell",       "country": "NL" }
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
````

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `queries` | array | (required) | `{query, country}` pairs |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | int | 20 | Cap per query |
| `proxyConfig` | object | residential | Per-query the actor selects DE/FR/NL country automatically |

### Output (unified across countries)

```json
{
  "country": "FR",
  "registrationNumber": "662042449",
  "name": "BNP PARIBAS",
  "legalForm": "Société Anonyme",
  "address": "16 BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS 75009 PARIS",
  "postalCode": "75009",
  "city": "PARIS",
  "status": "Active",
  "registrationDate": "1966-07-01",
  "lastUpdatedDate": "2025-12-05T16:28:51",
  "directors": [
    { "name": "Jane Doe", "role": "Président", "birthDate": "1970-01" }
  ],
  "naceCode": "64.19Z",
  "naceLabel": "Banking",
  "employeeRange": "10000 et plus",
  "sourceUrl": "https://annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/662042449",
  "rawData": { "...": "source-specific original record" },
  "searchQuery": "BNP Paribas",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Note that not all fields are present for every source — FR returns the richest data, DE and NL are more constrained (registration #, name, address mostly).

### Use cases

- **KYC / compliance:** verify a counterparty's registration status across EU jurisdictions
- **B2B lead generation:** discover companies by name fragment / sector for sales outreach
- **Due diligence:** cross-jurisdiction company background checks
- **Competitor monitoring:** track new entity registrations in your industry

### Notes

- **FR is the gold standard:** the official government API is free, no key, rich data including directors, NACE codes, INSEE updates. Use FR for the deepest data.
- **DE Handelsregister:** JSF-based, fragile; the actor handles ViewState extraction + form POST. Residential DE proxy mandatory — datacenter IPs blocked.
- **NL KvK:** the public search has both an internal JSON endpoint and HTML fallback. For richer per-company data (UBOs, statutory directors, financial filings), you need the official KvK API key — that's beyond what this actor does.
- **For programmatic compliance use** (regulated KYC) consider supplementing with the official APIs of each country — this actor returns public-record data, suitable for prospecting and screening but not formal verification.

***

### Changelog

- **2026-05-20** — Maintenance pass: reviewed the input schema and default values for a smooth one-click start, and rebuilt the Actor on the latest base image.

*Last reviewed: 2026-05-20.*

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

List of `{query, country}` pairs. `query` is a company name (free-text search), `country` is one of DE / FR / NL. Each pair is executed separately.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Cap companies returned per search query. FR API returns 10/page (paginates), DE returns 10/page, NL returns 12/page.

## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`):

DE Handelsregister blocks non-DE IPs (geo-filter); NL KvK is friendlier but rate-limits aggressive scrapers. The default residential pool with country=DE works for most cases; FR API is open from anywhere.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    {
      "query": "L'Oréal",
      "country": "FR"
    },
    {
      "query": "Siemens",
      "country": "DE"
    },
    {
      "query": "ASML",
      "country": "NL"
    }
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `country` (type: `string`):

ISO 2-letter country code (DE/FR/NL)

## `name` (type: `string`):

Registered company name

## `registrationNumber` (type: `string`):

National registration number

## `address` (type: `string`):

Registered business address

## `status` (type: `string`):

Active / Inactive / etc.

## `registrationDate` (type: `string`):

ISO date of company registration

## `sourceUrl` (type: `string`):

Direct link to the source register page

## `scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

ISO timestamp

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        {
            "query": "BNP Paribas",
            "country": "FR"
        },
        {
            "query": "Volkswagen",
            "country": "DE"
        },
        {
            "query": "Shell",
            "country": "NL"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfig": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("logiover/eu-companies-registry-scraper").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 = {
    "queries": [
        {
            "query": "BNP Paribas",
            "country": "FR",
        },
        {
            "query": "Volkswagen",
            "country": "DE",
        },
        {
            "query": "Shell",
            "country": "NL",
        },
    ],
    "proxyConfig": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("logiover/eu-companies-registry-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    {
      "query": "BNP Paribas",
      "country": "FR"
    },
    {
      "query": "Volkswagen",
      "country": "DE"
    },
    {
      "query": "Shell",
      "country": "NL"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call logiover/eu-companies-registry-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=logiover/eu-companies-registry-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "EU Companies Registry Scraper — DE, FR, NL",
        "description": "Search public company registers across Germany (Handelsregister), France (INPI / recherche-entreprises), and Netherlands (KvK). Returns company name, registration number, address, status, directors, registration date. Unified output across jurisdictions. KYC, lead-gen, sales prospecting use cases.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "PphsNItJI5Dxgww8E"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/logiover~eu-companies-registry-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-logiover-eu-companies-registry-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/logiover~eu-companies-registry-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-logiover-eu-companies-registry-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/logiover~eu-companies-registry-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-logiover-eu-companies-registry-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "queries"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "queries": {
                        "title": "Search Queries",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of `{query, country}` pairs. `query` is a company name (free-text search), `country` is one of DE / FR / NL. Each pair is executed separately."
                    },
                    "maxResultsPerQuery": {
                        "title": "Max Results per Query",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 500,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Cap companies returned per search query. FR API returns 10/page (paginates), DE returns 10/page, NL returns 12/page.",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "proxyConfig": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "DE Handelsregister blocks non-DE IPs (geo-filter); NL KvK is friendlier but rate-limits aggressive scrapers. The default residential pool with country=DE works for most cases; FR API is open from anywhere."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```