# Nigeria Company Search — CAC Registry Lookup (`mansalabs/cac-company-lookup`) Actor

Search Nigeria's official CAC company registry by name. Returns RC number, legal name, status, entity type, incorporation date & nature of business. KYB, due diligence, lead enrichment.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mansalabs/cac-company-lookup.md
- **Developed by:** [Mansa Labs](https://apify.com/mansalabs) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $5.00 / 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

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

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# README

## Nigeria Company Search — CAC Registry Lookup

Search **Nigeria's official company registry (Corporate Affairs Commission)** by company name and get
structured, machine-readable results: RC number, legal name, registration status, entity type,
incorporation date, and nature of business.

### What can you use it for?

- **KYB / due diligence** — confirm a Nigerian company is genuinely registered and check whether it is
  ACTIVE or DISSOLVED before signing, paying, or onboarding.
- **Supplier & counterparty verification** — importers and marketplaces verifying Nigerian partners.
- **Lead enrichment** — append RC numbers and registration status to your Nigerian prospect lists.
- **AI agents & compliance workflows** — call this actor from your agent (MCP) to verify entities on the fly.
- **Research** — map companies by name patterns, sector keywords, or brand families.

### Output example

```json
{
  "company_name": "DANGOTE OIL MILL LIMITED",
  "rc_number": "1552120",
  "status": "active",
  "entity_type": "company",
  "incorporation_date": "2019-01-10",
  "nature_of_business": "GENERAL CONTRACT AND MERCHANDISE",
  "search_term": "dangote",
  "source": "Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Nigeria — official registry"
}
```

### How it works

Each search term runs one live query against the CAC public search (up to ~50 fuzzy name matches per
term). Results are deduplicated by RC number across terms. Dissolved/inactive companies are included
by default (that's the interesting part for due diligence) — turn `includeInactive` off for
active-only lists.

### Pricing

Pay per result — you only pay for companies actually returned. 1,000 company records cost a few
dollars; a single verification costs less than a cent of compute plus the per-result fee.

### Related

Looking for **other African registries** (Ghana, Kenya, South Africa + 15 more) or bulk access?
See [Fylings](https://www.fylings.com) — African company data, 1.5M+ companies across 18 registries.
African market & financial data APIs: [Mansa API](https://mansaapi.com).

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Company names (or name fragments) to search in the CAC registry. One search per term, up to ~50 matches each.

## `includeInactive` (type: `boolean`):

Keep DISSOLVED and INACTIVE registrations in the results (useful for due diligence).

## `maxResultsPerTerm` (type: `integer`):

Cap matches kept per search term (registry returns up to ~50).

## `requestDelaySecs` (type: `integer`):

Politeness delay between registry requests.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Apify proxy recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "Dangote Cement"
  ],
  "includeInactive": true,
  "maxResultsPerTerm": 50,
  "requestDelaySecs": 1,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "Dangote Cement"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mansalabs/cac-company-lookup").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 = {
    "searchTerms": ["Dangote Cement"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mansalabs/cac-company-lookup").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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "Dangote Cement"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call mansalabs/cac-company-lookup --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mansalabs/cac-company-lookup",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Xos7ophK7i6GfSpWk/builds/lx5MWON4t3GchYhc4/openapi.json