TikTok Ads Checker

Checks whether a company runs ads on TikTok, using TikTok's own Commercial Content Library — the public ad database TikTok is required to publish under EU transparency rules.

What to put in the input

The company's registered legal entity name — not a domain, not a brand name. This is the name on the company's impressum / imprint / legal notice page (required by law in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, often present elsewhere too).

✅ Dirk Rossmann GmbH ✅ AutoScout24 GmbH ❌ rossmann.de ❌ Rossmann

Easiest way to get a list of legal names: Google Ads Checker

Google Ads Checker already collects each advertiser's full legal name for every domain that runs Google Ads — and since Google is the largest ad platform, most companies worth checking will show up there. Run Google Ads Checker on a list of domains first, then feed the advertiserName values it returns straight into this Actor.

Why legal name, not domain

TikTok's ad library does not reliably connect a domain to its advertiser — unlike Google or Meta's transparency tools. In testing, searching by domain missed most companies known to run TikTok ads. Searching by the exact registered legal name found the right advertiser account consistently. That is the reason for this input format.

Result confidence

• confirmed_exact_match / confirmed_via_fallback — a real TikTok advertiser account matching the name was found. hasAds (true or false) reflects that account's actual ad history for the checked period. Both are fully reliable results.
• no_match_found — no TikTok advertiser account matching this name could be found at all. The company may not advertise on TikTok, or may be registered under a different name (see below).
• error — the check failed technically. Re-running usually resolves it.

Coverage: Europe, UK, Switzerland, Turkey

TikTok's Commercial Content Library only covers ads targeting the European Economic Area, UK, Switzerland, and Turkey. A company running TikTok ads only in the US, for example, will correctly show no results here — that reflects TikTok's own data, not a limitation of this Actor.

Large multinationals: one name may not cover every market

Big companies often run TikTok ads through country-specific subsidiaries or media agencies rather than one central account. A German entity might show no ads while the same brand's ads run under a different registered name in another country. If a large company shows no match, trying a country-specific legal name is worth a shot before concluding they don't advertise on TikTok anywhere in Europe.

Date range

By default, this Actor checks the full last 365 days — TikTok's ad library does not keep data older than that. A shorter, specific window can be set instead (for example, just May 2026) using the optional Start date / End date fields, useful for month-by-month trend tracking. The calendar picker will not stop someone from choosing a date more than a year back — TikTok simply has no data before that point, so it gets moved forward automatically.

Output

Each row includes:

• hasAds — true, false, or null (a failed check)
• confidence — see above
• matchedAdvertiserName / matchedAdvBizId — the TikTok account this result is based on
• totalAds — how many ads that account has for the checked period
• lastShownDate — most recent date any of its ads were shown
• topPerformingAds — up to 12 of that account's ads for the period, sorted by reach, each with its own title and estimated audience size
• periodStart / periodEnd — the date range that was actually checked
• note — extra context, only filled in for no_match_found or error

Company domain is not included in the results — TikTok's own ad data frequently has no working landing-page link at all, so this Actor does not try to guess one.

Why this Actor is free

Unlike the other Ads Checker Actors below, this one is free to run — only Apify's own platform and residential proxy usage costs apply. TikTok's ad library is meaningfully harder to search reliably than Google's or Meta's, so pricing it the same did not feel right. Trying the other Ads Checker Actors is the best way to support this work: Google Ads Checker · Meta Ads Checker · Microsoft Ads Checker.

Tip: track changes over time

Once a list of legal names is ready, set up a monthly Apify schedule for this Actor — with a fixed Start date / End date for each month — to see when companies start, stop, or change their TikTok ad activity, rather than just a single point-in-time check.

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