# Brazil CNPJ Company Lookup (Receita Federal) (`merrily_beryl/br-cnpj-company-data`) Actor

Look up Brazilian companies by CNPJ: legal name, status, activity (CNAE), size, share capital, address. Open data, no personal data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/merrily_beryl/br-cnpj-company-data.md
- **Developed by:** [João Pedro Faria](https://apify.com/merrily_beryl) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 result (company)s

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Brazil CNPJ Company Lookup (Receita Federal)

Look up Brazilian companies by CNPJ and get clean, structured registry data: legal name, trade name, registration status, opening date, legal nature, company size, share capital, main and secondary activities (CNAE) and registered address.

Data comes from the open data published by the Brazilian Federal Revenue (Receita Federal), served through the open [Minha Receita](https://minhareceita.org) API.

### Use cases

- Enrich or validate B2B lead lists and CRMs with official company data
- KYC / supplier due diligence: is the company active or struck off?
- Market research by activity code (CNAE), size or city
- Data cleaning: normalise legal names and addresses

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `cnpjs` | List of CNPJ numbers, with or without punctuation. Check digits are validated; invalid numbers are skipped and not charged. |
| `maxResults` | Maximum number of companies returned (and charged). |

```json
{ "cnpjs": ["00.000.000/0001-91", "33000167000101"], "maxResults": 100 }
```

### Output (example)

```json
{
  "cnpj": "00000000000191",
  "legalName": "BANCO DO BRASIL SA",
  "status": "ATIVA",
  "openingDate": "1966-08-01",
  "legalNature": "Sociedade de Economia Mista",
  "size": "DEMAIS",
  "shareCapital": 120000000000,
  "mainActivityCode": 6422100,
  "mainActivity": "Bancos múltiplos, com carteira comercial",
  "address": { "street": "QUADRA SAUN QUADRA 5 BLOCO B TORRE I, II, III SN", "city": "BRASILIA", "state": "DF", "postalCode": "70040912" }
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: you are charged per company returned. Not-found, invalid and excluded records are free.

### FAQ

**Does it return personal data?** No. Partners/shareholders (QSA), e-mails and phone numbers are never returned. Sole proprietors (MEI, Empresário Individual, EIRELI), whose legal name is a person's name, are excluded and not charged.

**How fast is it?** About one company per second, to respect the free public source.

**Is it legal?** The data is public open data under Brazilian access-to-information rules. You are responsible for using it in line with LGPD and your local laws.

### Limitations

Data freshness depends on the monthly Receita Federal releases. The source has no SLA.

# Actor input Schema

## `cnpjs` (type: `array`):

List of CNPJ numbers (14 digits, with or without punctuation). Check digits are validated.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to return (and be charged for).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "cnpjs": [
    "00.000.000/0001-91",
    "33.000.167/0001-01"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All results (one item per record) in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "cnpjs": [
        "00.000.000/0001-91",
        "33.000.167/0001-01"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("merrily_beryl/br-cnpj-company-data").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 = { "cnpjs": [
        "00.000.000/0001-91",
        "33.000.167/0001-01",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("merrily_beryl/br-cnpj-company-data").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "cnpjs": [
    "00.000.000/0001-91",
    "33.000.167/0001-01"
  ]
}' |
apify call merrily_beryl/br-cnpj-company-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,merrily_beryl/br-cnpj-company-data"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/qlcThEJLtJlRRKg3J/builds/FQs1oN9fy3IxUPOgb/openapi.json