EBA Credit Institutions Register Scraper

EBA Credit Institutions Register Scraper

Scrape the official EBA Credit Institutions Register for every regulated bank, credit institution, and investment firm in the EU and EEA. Each record includes the legal name, country, LEI code, and competent authority. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

The European Banking Authority publishes a central register of all credit institutions legally operating across the EU and EEA. Manually searching it country by country is slow, and the web interface limits how many records you can see at once. This Actor reads the public register directly, filters by country or legal name, and returns every matching institution in one flat dataset.

Who uses it	What they scrape EBA Credit Institutions Register for
Compliance officers	Verify that a counterparty holds a valid EU banking license before onboarding.
Financial data providers	Build and maintain a master list of regulated European credit institutions.
Risk analysts	Map the banking landscape of a specific EU member state for exposure assessment.
Journalists and researchers	Track changes in the number and type of licensed financial entities across Europe.

What it does

This Actor collects credit institution records from the EBA register by country code or partial legal name, and returns each institution as a flat row with its registration details.

• 🌍 Country filter: restrict results to a single EU/EEA member state using its ISO country code.
• 🔍 Name search: filter institutions by a partial match on their registered legal name.
• 📊 Bulk extraction: collect up to one million records in a single run for complete market coverage.
• 📋 Structured output: every row follows a fixed schema, ready for databases, spreadsheets, or compliance tools.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with EBA Credit Institutions Register data

✅ Verify banking licenses.

A compliance team runs the Actor with a partial legal name before signing a new correspondent banking agreement, confirming the entity appears on the EBA register.

🗺️ Map a national banking sector.

A risk analyst pulls every credit institution registered in Poland to understand the competitive landscape and concentration risk.

📇 Build a European institution database.

A data vendor schedules weekly runs for all EU/EEA countries to keep their financial institution master file current.

📰 Investigate regulatory changes.

A journalist scrapes the full register before and after a regulatory deadline to measure how many firms lost or gained authorization.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
Official source	Data comes directly from the EBA's public register, the single authority for EU banking licenses.
No API key needed	Reads the public web interface so you avoid registration, OAuth, and rate-limit negotiations.
Fixed schema	Every institution arrives with the same fields, making downstream processing predictable.
Country or all	Target one member state or pull the entire EEA register in one run.

Configure the run

Drive the Actor with an optional country code and a partial legal name, alone or together, and filters run as each record is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
 "maxItems": 10,
 "legalName": "bank"
}

A larger pull:

{
 "maxItems": 200,
 "legalName": "bank"
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.021 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$2.10
1,000 results	$21.00
10,000 results	$210.00

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the EBA Credit Institutions Register Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to EBA Credit Institutions Register through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/european-eba-register-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check your legalName filter. It does a partial match, so a typo or an overly specific string can return zero records. Try a shorter substring like 'bank' or leave it empty to see all institutions for the selected country.

The run stops before collecting all institutions.

Increase the maxItems input. The default is 10 for testing. Set it to a number larger than the expected institution count for your country selection, up to 1,000,000.

I selected a country but got institutions from elsewhere.

The EBA register lists institutions by the country of their competent authority. A bank operating across borders may appear under its home member state. Verify the country field in the output matches your expectation.

The Actor times out or runs too long.

Scraping the entire EEA register takes time. Use the country filter to narrow the scope to one member state, or reduce maxItems to a smaller batch and run multiple times.

Some institutions I expected are missing.

The EBA register reflects the official list at the time of the run. An institution may have been delisted, or its authorization may be pending. Check the EBA website directly to confirm the current status.

FAQ

Question	Answer
What is the EBA Credit Institutions Register?	It is the official public list maintained by the European Banking Authority of all credit institutions authorized to operate in the EU and EEA. Each entry includes the legal name, country, LEI code, and the national competent authority that supervises it.
Which countries are covered?	All 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. You can target one country with its ISO code or leave the country field empty to scrape the entire EEA.
What data fields does each record contain?	Each row returns the institution's legal name, the country it is registered in, its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), and the name of its national competent authority. The exact field list is shown in the sample output on the Actor's page.
Do I need an API key or login?	No. The Actor reads the public EBA register web interface. You do not need to register an application, obtain OAuth tokens, or manage any credentials.
Can I filter by legal name?	Yes. The legalName input accepts a partial string and returns every institution whose legal name contains it. Searching for 'bank' will return all institutions with 'bank' in their name.
How many records can I collect?	You set the maximum with the maxItems input, up to one million per run. The full EEA register contains several thousand institutions, so the default of 10 is only for quick tests.
Is the data real-time?	The Actor reads the register as it exists at the moment of the run. The EBA updates the register regularly, so schedule recurring runs to capture changes.
What export formats are supported?	You can export your dataset to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform after the run completes.
Does this cover investment firms too?	The EBA register primarily lists credit institutions. Some investment firms that fall under the Capital Requirements Regulation may also appear, but the register's scope is defined by the EBA.
Can I get the institution's address or contact details?	The public register provides the legal name, country, LEI, and competent authority. It does not expose street addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by European Banking Authority. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.