Dun & Bradstreet Scraper

Dun & Bradstreet Scraper

The Dun & Bradstreet Scraper searches D&B's Business Directory by company name or keyword and extracts company name, DUNS number, address, industry, and location type — with optional deep enrichment for revenue, key principal, and register data.

Search any keyword or company name across 190+ countries and get structured firmographic data — DUNS number, address, industry classification, parent/subsidiary status, and (optionally) revenue and key principal — ready for lead lists, KYC checks, or market research.

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Use the Apify Actor "parsebird/dnb-scraper" (Dun & Bradstreet Scraper) via the ApifyClient: client.actor("parsebird/dnb-scraper").call(run_input={"queries": ["software"], "country": "US", "maxItemsPerQuery": 200, "scrapeCompanyProfiles": False}) — inputs are queries (array of company names or keywords — required), country (two-letter ISO code, default "US"), maxItemsPerQuery (integer, default 50, paginated automatically), scrapeCompanyProfiles (boolean, default false — visits each company's D&B profile for revenue, key principal, and financials), and proxyConfiguration (Apify Proxy, Unblocker required and used by default); output items contain companyName, duns, companyProfileUrl, address, city, region, zipCode, country, countryRegion, industryName, locationType, tradeStyleNames, searchTerm, scrapedAt, and — when scrapeCompanyProfiles is on — revenue, revenueValue, revenueCurrency, revenueYear, keyPrincipal, parentIndustryName, registeredDuns, totalPrincipals, competitorsIndustry, similarCompaniesCount, employees, phone, and incorporatedYear; full API spec at https://apify.com/parsebird/dnb-scraper/api and get an API token at https://console.apify.com/account/integrations.

What does the Dun & Bradstreet Scraper do?

Dun & Bradstreet maintains one of the largest global business directories, indexing companies by DUNS number, industry, revenue, and corporate family structure. The Dun & Bradstreet Scraper automates D&B's Business Directory search so you don't have to click through it by hand:

• 🔍 Search by company name or industry keyword (e.g. "software", "logistics", "renewable energy")
• 🌍 Filter by country — 190+ two-letter ISO codes, from the US (deepest coverage) to niche markets
• 📇 Get DUNS number, full address, industry classification (NAICS-based), and parent/subsidiary/branch location type for every result
• 📈 Optionally enrich each company with its full D&B profile: formatted and numeric revenue, revenue year and currency, key principal name, register (DUNS) number, employee count, phone, and similar-company count
• 🔁 Automatic pagination up to your requested item count per query
• ⚡ Runs on Apify's infrastructure with automatic proxy handling — no need to manage D&B's bot protection yourself

Feed it a short list of keywords or hundreds of them — each query is paginated and enriched independently.

Country coverage

D&B's directory is global. Set the country parameter to focus your search on any two-letter ISO code, for example:

Code	Country
US	United States — richest coverage, most complete revenue and principal data
GB	United Kingdom
DE	Germany
FR	France
CA	Canada
AU	Australia
…	190+ other two-letter ISO country codes

The US market has by far the deepest data, including the most complete revenue, employee, and key-principal coverage. Other countries return solid core firmographic data (name, address, industry) with lighter financial detail.

What data can you extract from D&B's Business Directory?

Core fields (every result):

Field	Description
companyName	Company primary name
duns	D&B directory identifier for the company
companyProfileUrl	Link to the company's D&B profile
address / city / region / zipCode / country	Full location
countryRegion	Combined region string
industryName	Industry classification
locationType	Parent or branch location
tradeStyleNames	Trade/DBA names
searchTerm	The term this record came from
scrapedAt	Timestamp of extraction

Deep profile fields (only when scrapeCompanyProfiles is on):

Field	Description
revenue	Formatted revenue, e.g. $5.63 billion
revenueValue	Revenue as a number
revenueCurrency	Revenue currency (e.g. USD)
revenueYear	Fiscal year of the revenue figure
keyPrincipal	Lead executive on file
parentIndustryName	Higher-level industry
registeredDuns	Registered (numeric) DUNS number
totalPrincipals	Number of principals on file
competitorsIndustry	Industry used for competitor matching
similarCompaniesCount	Count of close industry peers
employees / phone / incorporatedYear	Returned when D&B exposes them publicly (otherwise null)

Not every field is present on every company — D&B masks some financial and contact detail behind its own paywall, and those fields come back as null rather than fabricated data.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
queries	array	Yes	—	Company names or keywords to search, e.g. software, logistics.
country	string	No	US	Two-letter country code (US, GB, DE, FR, CA, AU, …).
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	No	50	Max companies to collect per term. Paginated automatically.
scrapeCompanyProfiles	boolean	No	false	Visit each company's profile for revenue, key principal, financials, and more. Richer but slower.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify Unblocker	Apify Proxy settings. Unblocker is required — D&B blocks direct requests and standard residential/datacenter proxies with a Cloudflare challenge.

Quick company list:

{
  "queries": ["software"],
  "country": "US",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 200
}

Deep firmographics:

{
  "queries": ["logistics", "renewable energy"],
  "country": "US",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 100,
  "scrapeCompanyProfiles": true
}

Search within another country:

{
  "queries": ["automotive"],
  "country": "DE",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 150
}

Output example

{
  "companyName": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.",
  "duns": "2d66458a75c9d054a6e33addf02f1573",
  "registeredDuns": "829681063",
  "companyProfileUrl": "https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles/take-two-interactive-software-inc.2d66458a75c9d054a6e33addf02f1573",
  "address": "110 W 44TH St",
  "city": "New York",
  "region": "New York",
  "zipCode": "10036-4011",
  "country": "United States",
  "industryName": "Computer Systems Design and Related Services",
  "locationType": "Parent",
  "revenue": "$6.66 B",
  "revenueValue": 6656400000,
  "revenueCurrency": "USD",
  "revenueYear": "2026",
  "keyPrincipal": "Strauss Zelnick",
  "parentIndustryName": "Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services",
  "totalPrincipals": "4",
  "competitorsIndustry": "Computer Systems Design and Related Services",
  "similarCompaniesCount": 4,
  "searchTerm": "software",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-05T11:16:09.000Z"
}

Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML directly from the Apify Console, or pull them via the Dataset API / Apify SDK.

How to use the Dun & Bradstreet Scraper

1. Open the Dun & Bradstreet Scraper on the Apify Store, or call it via the API below.
2. Enter one or more company names or keywords, pick a country, and set how many results you need per term.
3. Turn on Scrape company profiles if you need revenue and key-principal data.
4. Run the Actor and download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or read it straight from your own code.

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

run = client.actor("parsebird/dnb-scraper").call(run_input={
    "queries": ["software"],
    "country": "US",
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 200,
    "scrapeCompanyProfiles": True,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["companyName"], item["duns"], item.get("revenue"))

JavaScript (Node.js):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });

const run = await client.actor('parsebird/dnb-scraper').call({
    queries: ['software'],
    country: 'US',
    maxItemsPerQuery: 200,
    scrapeCompanyProfiles: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Use cases

• Sales lead generation — build a targeted prospect list by industry keyword and country, complete with address and revenue band
• KYC and vendor due diligence — verify a company's registered name, DUNS number, and industry classification before onboarding
• Market research — size an industry by pulling every company matching a keyword in a given country
• Competitive intelligence — pull similar-company counts and key principals for a set of competitors
• Data enrichment — append DUNS numbers and firmographic data to an existing company list

How it works

1. Sends each search term to D&B's Business Directory search API, filtered by your chosen country.
2. Paginates automatically (25 results per page) until your requested maxItemsPerQuery is reached or D&B has no more matches.
3. Deduplicates results by DUNS number as it paginates.
4. If Scrape company profiles is on, visits each company's public D&B profile page and extracts revenue, key principal, register number, employee count, and more.
5. Pushes one row per company to the dataset.

How much does it cost to scrape D&B's Business Directory?

This Actor uses Pay-Per-Event pricing — you pay per company row returned, not per API call or compute unit.

Event	Price per event	Price per 1,000 companies
company-scraped	$0.00149	$1.49

A company-scraped event fires once per company pushed to the dataset, whether it's a basic search result or a fully enriched profile. Scraping 1,000 companies costs about $1.49 either way — enrichment adds runtime, not price per row. Apify's free monthly platform usage credits apply to this Actor like any other.

FAQ

Why do some fields come back null? D&B masks certain financial and contact fields (like incorporatedYear or a second principal's name) behind its own paywall. This Actor only returns what D&B actually exposes publicly — it never fabricates masked values.

Does scrapeCompanyProfiles cost more per row? No — the price per company is the same either way. Turning it on just makes each run slower, since it adds one extra request per company.

Why is US coverage better than other countries? D&B's own data is deepest for the US market. Other countries reliably return company name, address, and industry, but revenue and principal data is sparser outside the US.

Can I search for an exact company name instead of a keyword? Yes — queries accepts anything you'd type into D&B's own search box, from a broad industry keyword to a specific company name.

Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes — use Apify Schedules to re-run a set of queries daily, weekly, or on any interval, and pair it with webhooks or the Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, or Make integrations to route the results.

Can I access this via API? Yes — every Actor on Apify has a full REST API, plus native clients for Python and JavaScript. See the code samples above.

Found a search term or country this Actor handles poorly? Open an issue on the Issues tab — reports on specific queries help improve coverage.

Is it legal to scrape Dun & Bradstreet's Business Directory?

Yes. This Actor only reads company information that D&B has already published on its public Business Directory pages — the same data any visitor can see without logging in. That said, always respect D&B's terms of service and applicable data-protection law for how you subsequently use any personal data, such as a key principal's name. See Apify's blog post on the legality of web scraping for a broader overview.

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