🔎 CQC Care Provider Directory

One care_provider_record per CQC-registered location: name, address, postcode, phone, website, service types, latest-check date, specialisms, provider, local authority and region, from the newest official weekly CSV (15-column header validated).

One structured registry_record per record from the CQC weekly official 'CQC directory' CSV (~56,976 locations). Public, logged-out, robots-honoured.

Output is one care_provider_record row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one registry record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.02 per registry record). Source: www.cqc.org.uk.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run xxEysL3epFwOVmR4Q on build 0.1.5 (2026-09-18), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

name	address	phone	service_types	provider_name	local_authority
Square Mile Dental Centre	7-9 White Kennet Street,London	2073770990	Dentist	Square Mile Dental Centre Limited	City of London
Helping Hands Mansfield	Room 107, Level 1, East Wing,Mansfield Business Centre, Ashfield Avenu	7436315363	Homecare agencies	Midshires Care Limited	Nottinghamshire
Oaksmere Dental Surgery	99 Doncaster Road,Barnsley	1226207444	Dentist	Oaksmere Dental Surgery Partnership	Barnsley
Hebburn Manor	Victoria Road East,Hebburn	1914301100	Nursing homes	Atlas Care Homes Limited	South Tyneside
Langdale Dental	1 Langdale Avenue,Leeds	1132751249	Dentist	Cooper Dental Limited	Leeds
CHART Kirklees	3 Wellington Street,Dewsbury	1924438383	Community services - Substance abuse	Change, Grow, Live	Kirklees
Dental Solutions	161 Ilford Lane,Ilford	2084781050	Dentist	Rodericks Dental Partners Limited	Redbridge
Astrid Beauty & Dental	7 Culver Road,Saltash	7980311070	Dentist	Astrid Group Limited	Cornwall

The run finished with the status message: CAPPED: delivered 50 of 51 unique rows (maxRecords=50). billable=50

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• record_type (string) — e.g. care_provider_record
• name (string/null) — e.g. Square Mile Dental Centre
• also_known_as (string/null) — null in every sample row
• address (string/null) — e.g. 7-9 White Kennet Street,London
• postcode (string/null) — e.g. E1 7BS
• phone (string/null) — e.g. 2073770990
• website (string/null) — e.g. https://www.windor-care-home.co.uk
• service_types (string/null) — e.g. Dentist
• date_of_latest_check (string/null) — e.g. 09/Jan/2018 - 00:00
• specialisms (string/null) — e.g. Services for everyone
• provider_name (string/null) — e.g. Square Mile Dental Centre Limited
• local_authority (string/null) — e.g. City of London
• region (string/null) — e.g. London
• location_url (string/null) — e.g. https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-10552899555
• cqc_location_id (string/null) — e.g. 1-10552899555
• cqc_provider_id (string/null) — e.g. 1-10006912129
• source (string/null) — e.g. cqc-care-provider-directory
• release_date (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-16
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. https://www.cqc.org.uk/system/files/2026-09/16_september_2026_CQC_directory.csv
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-18T05:50:35Z
• terminal (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• reported_total (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• raw_seen (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• duplicates (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• unique_found (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• delivered (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• scope (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row
• note (string/integer/null) — null in every sample row

What you get

One registry_record per entity, deduplicated on the source-native id. Fields the source does not publish for a row are honest null. A run_receipt row carries the source URL, any reported total, and the delivered/duplicate counts.

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "maxRecords": 50
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 50 × $0.02 registry_record = $1.02 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "maxRecords": 5
}

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.12 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.02).

3. A full-size run

{
  "maxRecords": 5000
}

Up to 5000 rows (the schema default for maxRecords) — about $100.02 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5000 × $0.02) if the source has that many.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run xxEysL3epFwOVmR4Q, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_type": "care_provider_record",
  "name": "Square Mile Dental Centre",
  "also_known_as": null,
  "address": "7-9 White Kennet Street,London",
  "postcode": "E1 7BS",
  "phone": "2073770990",
  "website": null,
  "service_types": "Dentist",
  "date_of_latest_check": "09/Jan/2018 - 00:00",
  "specialisms": "Services for everyone",
  "provider_name": "Square Mile Dental Centre Limited",
  "local_authority": "City of London",
  "region": "London",
  "location_url": "https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-10552899555",
  "cqc_location_id": "1-10552899555",
  "cqc_provider_id": "1-10006912129",
  "source": "cqc-care-provider-directory",
  "release_date": "2026-09-16",
  "source_url": "https://www.cqc.org.uk/system/files/2026-09/16_september_2026_CQC_directory.csv",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-18T05:50:35Z"
}

🔧 How it works

Source. The actor reads www.cqc.org.uk — endpoints: https://www.cqc.org.uk/, https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/using-cqc-data. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. robots.txt is read first and a disallowed path is never fetched. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent.

Charging. Each registry record is charged at the moment it is pushed (registry_record); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

How it behaves

The newest weekly CSV is discovered from the publication page and its 15-column header validated before parsing. A drift or empty file fails loudly. maxRecords caps the count. Duplicates, outages, and schema drift charge nothing.

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Registry Record (registry_record)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.01

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

• 8 registry records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.02 = $0.18
• 25 registry records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.02 = $0.52
• 5000 registry records: $0.02 start + 5000 × $0.02 = $100.02

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 4096 MB.

Yield on the sample run: CAPPED: delivered 50 of 51 unique rows (maxRecords=50). billable=50. maxRecords is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by www.cqc.org.uk. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, keeps to the source's robots rules (checked on every run), identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. The source (www.cqc.org.uk) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to maxRecords (default 5000). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other company registry checks actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers www.cqc.org.uk. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

Q: Are there rate limits?
A: The actor paces itself against the source and honours its robots rules; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (maxRecords) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

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