⚖️ FTC Cases Scraper

🚀 Export FTC enforcement actions, consent orders, and case proceedings in seconds.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 9 fields per record · All public FTC cases · matter numbers · 9 fields per case

The Federal Trade Commission publishes every public enforcement case, consent order, and matter in its Legal Library. This Actor turns that library into a clean dataset, with one row per case and 9 structured fields covering title, matter number, docket, status, and last update.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Compliance teams	Track FTC actions in your industry
Journalists	Monitor consumer-protection cases
Law firms	Build enforcement-trend datasets
Researchers	Study antitrust and deceptive-practice trends

📋 What the FTC Cases Scraper does

• Queries the public FTC Cases source and structures the response
• Returns one record per item with 9 normalized fields
• Supports pagination and optional filters
• Outputs to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML via Apify dataset
• Auto-limits to 10 items on the free plan; up to 1,000,000 on paid

💡 Why it matters: FTC Cases data is public record. This Actor makes it usable.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Cap on rows (free: 10)
startPage	integer	Listing page (0 = newest)

{ "maxItems": 50 }

{ "maxItems": 200, "startPage": 0 }

⚠️ Good to Know: The FTC posts every case publicly. Cases can be updated retroactively as proceedings advance.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🔹 title	string	Case or matter title
🔹 matterNumber	string	FTC matter/file number
🔹 docketNumber	string	Court docket number
🔹 caseType	string	Type of action
🔹 caseStatus	string	Case status (Pending, Closed)
🔹 lastUpdated	string	ISO last-updated date
🔹 summary	string	Plain-text case summary
🔹 url	string	FTC.gov case page URL
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when the record was collected
❌ error	string | null	Error message if extraction failed

✨ Why choose this Actor

• Direct FTC Cases source, no third-party caching
• Real-time data, never stale
• Pay-per-result pricing; only charged for what you keep
• Works with Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Maintenance	Coverage
Manual FTC.gov browsing	Free	High	Limited UI
News aggregators	$$	None	Press releases only
This actor	Pay per result	None	Full library

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open the Actor page
3. Set maxItems and any optional filters
4. Run
5. Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Competitor & market intelligence

Track FTC Cases entries relevant to your sector.

Compliance monitoring

Spot regulatory or enforcement signals in your industry feed.

Lead generation

Use FTC Cases entries as a clean prospect list.

Risk & due diligence

Vet counterparties or candidates against the official record.

🔌 Automating FTC Cases Scraper

Connects with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Academic studies on regulation, public policy, and enforcement trends.

Personal

Citizens following developments in their communities.

Non-profit

Watchdog organizations and civic-tech projects auditing the record.

Experimentation

Train models on labeled regulatory data.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is this real-time? A: Yes. Every run queries FTC.gov directly. Q: Does it include closed cases? A: Yes. All public cases regardless of status are returned. Q: Can I filter by industry? A: Filter by paging into older cases. Industry tagging is on each case page. Q: Are PDFs included? A: Only the case URL is returned. PDFs are linked from the case page. Q: What is the matter number? A: FTC internal file/matter identifier. Q: How far back does data go? A: Decades. Pagination supports historical exploration. Q: Is this affiliated with the FTC? A: No. Independent tool using publicly available data. Q: How accurate is the data? A: Matches what FTC.gov publishes at run time. Q: Can I get only competition cases? A: Use the listing pages and filter by caseType. Q: What if the FTC site is slow? A: Runs may take longer but will complete.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks, REST API.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the FTC Cases source agency or any government. Only publicly available data collected.