🇮🇳 OGD India Companies Registry — MCA Direct, Tofler & Zauba Corp Alternative

Look up Indian companies in the Open Government Data (OGD) master-data registry by CIN, company name, state, ROC, or activity code. Returns CIN, name, registered office, paid-up capital, authorized capital, class, category, sub-category, listed status, date of incorporation, ROC, activity description, and last AGM / balance-sheet dates. Built as a pay-per-record alternative to MCA portal direct (manual, captcha-gated), Tofler, Zauba Corp, InstaFinancials, and ProbeMD for India KYC, due-diligence, lead-gen, and academic research.

Why OGD India Companies Beats MCA Direct, Tofler, Zauba Corp & InstaFinancials

Feature	NexGenData OGD India Companies	MCA portal direct	Tofler	Zauba Corp	InstaFinancials
Cost	$0.005 / record, pay-per-result	Free (captcha + manual)	₹1500-25000+ / report	₹500-5000 / report	₹$$$$ / report
Bulk lookup	Yes — CIN list / name list	One-at-a-time + captcha	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated
Live data	OGD master-data refresh	Real-time	Periodic sync	Periodic sync	Periodic sync
Filters	State + ROC + activity + class	Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulk export	JSON / CSV / Excel	None (manual copy)	PDF + CSV (plan-gated)	PDF (plan-gated)	PDF / Excel (plan-gated)
API access	Apify REST + SDKs	None	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated
Auth required	Apify token	Captcha + session	Account + plan	Account + plan	Account + plan
Monthly minimum	None	None	₹$$	None (per-report)	₹$$$$

Most India KYC + lead-gen teams pick this actor instead of Tofler / Zauba Corp because per-record cost is 100-1000× lower at comparable surface coverage for the registry fields, and it's the only drop-in alternative to MCA portal direct that ships bulk JSON / CSV without burning analysts on captcha-solving. Cheaper than building your own MCA scraper at any volume — the OGD master-data feed is the canonical source and is fully indexed.

What You Get Per Company

Each dataset item is a flat JSON record:

• cin — Corporate Identification Number (21-char)
• company_name, company_status (active / strike-off / under liquidation)
• roc, state, country
• class — public / private / OPC / Section 8
• category, sub_category
• listing_status — listed / unlisted
• incorporation_date, email_id
• registered_office_address
• authorised_capital, paid_up_capital (INR)
• principal_business_activity_code, principal_business_activity_description
• last_agm_date, last_balance_sheet_date
• whether_listed_in_stock_exchange, industrial_classification

Use Cases

• KYC + AML — verify counterparty registration status before onboarding
• Lead generation — build B2B prospect lists filtered by state, activity, or paid-up capital
• Due diligence — pull historic AGM / balance-sheet dates for compliance signals
• Investors / corp-dev — map a sector (e.g. "Maharashtra fintech private companies founded 2020+")
• Academic research — entrepreneurship + corporate-governance studies on India's corporate sector
• Credit + risk — flag strike-off, dormant, or under-liquidation entities
• Legal + compliance — generate company-snapshot reports for filings + diligence packs

Quick Start (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/ogd-india-companies-registry").call(run_input={
    "search_mode": "by_state",
    "states": ["Maharashtra"],
    "company_class": ["Private"],
    "max_records": 5000
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["cin"], item["company_name"], item["paid_up_capital"])

Pricing — Pay Per Record

• Actor start: $0.005
• Company record: $0.005

A 5,000-company Maharashtra private-company pull = $25.01. A 50K-company multi-state KYC dataset = $250.01. No monthly minimum, no seats.

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FAQ

Q: Source of the data? A: India's Open Government Data (OGD) platform master-data company registry, sourced from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

Q: How fresh is it? A: The OGD feed refreshes on the platform's published cadence (typically weekly for status changes). Each run pulls the latest available snapshot.

Q: Can I look up by company name? A: Yes — both CIN and free-text name lookup are supported. CIN is more precise for exact matches.

Q: Coverage? A: 2.5M+ active and historical companies across India — every state and ROC.

Q: Output formats? A: JSON, CSV, Excel via Apify dataset export. Webhooks supported on dataset write.

Q: Legal status? A: Open government data, freely redistributable. You are the data controller for downstream use — follow your jurisdiction's data-use rules.

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result / item: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

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