# GLEIF Company Registry Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/gleif-company-registry-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes the official GLEIF Global LEI Index, capturing legal entity names, LEI numbers, previous names, legal forms, registration numbers, entity status, jurisdiction, BIC codes, and OpenCorporates IDs, with filters for company names, search fields, countries, and entity status.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1/gleif-company-registry-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $9.99 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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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

## GLEIF Company Registry Scraper

Searches the Global LEI Index — the open company register published by GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation — and returns one flat record per legal entity. Around 3.1 million active entities worldwide, sourced from national business registers through GLEIF's accredited Local Operating Units. Search by company name or free text, narrow by country and entity status, and get the legal name, previous names, legal form, entity and registration status, the home business register plus the entity's registration number in it, jurisdiction, legal and headquarters addresses, BIC, and the matching OpenCorporates company id. No account or key of any kind is needed.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `search_terms` | *(empty)* | Comma-separated company names or keywords, e.g. `solar, wind`. Empty pages through entities with no name filter. |
| `search_field` | `legal_name` | `legal_name` matches the registered legal name only; `fulltext` matches anywhere in the record, including previous names and addresses — more results, looser. |
| `countries` | *(empty)* | Comma-separated ISO-3166 alpha-2 codes of the entity's legal address, e.g. `DE, NL, GB`. Empty searches worldwide. |
| `entity_status` | `ACTIVE` | `ACTIVE` for entities that still exist, `INACTIVE` for dissolved or merged ones, `ANY` for both. |
| `max_results` | `25` | Maximum records to return (1–1000). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Optional | Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results. |

### Output

Each result is one legal entity:

```json
{
    "lei": "RCGZFPDMRW58VJ54VR07",
    "name": "SALESFORCE, INC.",
    "other_names": "SALESFORCE.COM, INC.",
    "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
    "entity_category": "GENERAL",
    "legal_form_code": "XTIQ",
    "jurisdiction": "US-DE",
    "registration_authority_id": "RA000602",
    "registration_number": "2991326",
    "legal_address": "C/O THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, CORPORATION TRUST CENTER, 1209 ORANGE ST",
    "legal_city": "WILMINGTON",
    "legal_region": "US-DE",
    "legal_country": "US",
    "legal_postal_code": "19801",
    "hq_address": "Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission St.",
    "hq_city": "San Francisco",
    "hq_region": "US-CA",
    "hq_country": "US",
    "hq_postal_code": "94105",
    "creation_date": "1999-02-03T00:00:00Z",
    "registration_status": "ISSUED",
    "initial_registration_date": "2012-06-06T15:51:00Z",
    "last_update_date": "2025-10-22T08:45:46Z",
    "next_renewal_date": "2026-10-27T19:05:27Z",
    "managing_lou": "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12",
    "bic": "SFDCUS6SXXX",
    "opencorporates_id": "us_de/2991326",
    "opencorporates_url": "https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/2991326",
    "gleif_url": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/RCGZFPDMRW58VJ54VR07",
    "raw": { ... }
}
```

`raw` keeps the original structured payload for the entity — including its event history, other addresses and any BIC, MIC or S\&P identifier mappings — so nothing is lost.

### Notes

- Runs with empty input — returns recently published active entities. No API key or account is required.
- This is registry data: legal identity, registration numbers and registered addresses. It does not carry work email addresses, direct-dial phone numbers, website domains, headcount or job titles, and no field is guessed or inferred.
- Coverage is limited to entities that hold an LEI, which is mandatory for entities trading in financial markets and voluntary otherwise — strongest for financial institutions, funds, listed companies and mid-to-large private companies, thin for small local businesses.
- Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results.

# Actor input Schema

## `search_terms` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated company names or keywords to search the Global LEI Index for, e.g. 'solar, wind'. Leave empty to page through entities without a name filter.

## `search_field` (type: `string`):

'Legal name' matches the entity's registered legal name only. 'Full text' matches anywhere in the record, including previous names and addresses, so it returns more but looser results.

## `countries` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated ISO-3166 alpha-2 country codes of the entity's legal address, e.g. 'DE, NL, GB'. Leave empty to search worldwide.

## `entity_status` (type: `string`):

ACTIVE returns entities that still exist, INACTIVE returns dissolved or merged ones, ANY returns both.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of company records to return. Results are paged 200 per request.

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

Proxy settings for the run. The GLEIF API is open worldwide and needs no proxy, but one can be enabled to spread requests across IPs. Optional — leave off to run directly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search_terms": "solar",
  "search_field": "legal_name",
  "countries": "DE",
  "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
  "max_results": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "search_terms": "solar",
    "search_field": "legal_name",
    "countries": "DE",
    "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
    "max_results": 25,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/gleif-company-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 = {
    "search_terms": "solar",
    "search_field": "legal_name",
    "countries": "DE",
    "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
    "max_results": 25,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/gleif-company-registry-scraper").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 '{
  "search_terms": "solar",
  "search_field": "legal_name",
  "countries": "DE",
  "entity_status": "ACTIVE",
  "max_results": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/gleif-company-registry-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/gleif-company-registry-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/dDyThgPnWCtyvjAm4/builds/JYM5VrFpxkV2CCba2/openapi.json