🏢 NZ Companies Register Scraper

🚀 Search the entire New Zealand company register in seconds. One query for "plumbing" returns 5,836 companies with numbers, NZBNs, and status.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-06-02 · 📊 11 fields per company · official NZ register · name, code, and NZBN

Pull company records from the New Zealand Companies Register, the official register run by the Companies Office. Search by name or keyword and for every company get its name, company number, NZBN, status, entity type, incorporation date, and registered address.

Coverage: the full New Zealand Companies Register, including registered and removed entities, with paging across whole result sets.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Sales and lead gen teams	Build company prospect lists
Compliance and legal	Run due diligence checks
Researchers and journalists	Map company networks
Data teams	Build NZ business datasets

📋 What the NZ Companies Register Scraper does

• Searches the official register by company name or keyword.
• Pages through whole result sets, 100 per request.
• Returns 11 structured fields per company.
• Captures NZBN, status, entity type, and incorporation date.
• Includes the registered address when shown.
• Exports to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, or via API.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
searchTerms	array	Company names or keywords to search. One result set per term.
maxItems	integer	Cap on companies returned. Free plan is limited to 10.

Example 1: a company name

{
  "searchTerms": ["air new zealand"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example 2: an industry keyword

{
  "searchTerms": ["plumbing", "roofing"],
  "maxItems": 500
}

⚠️ Good to Know: results include both registered and removed companies, so check the status field. A keyword can match thousands of companies, so use maxItems to cap output. The registered address is shown for most but not all entities.

📊 Output

Each record contains the following fields:

Field	Description
🏢 name	Company name
🔢 companyNumber	Companies Office number
🆔 nzbn	New Zealand Business Number
✅ status	Registered, Removed, and similar
🏷 entityType	Entity type
📅 incorporationDate	Incorporation date
📍 address	Registered address
🔗 nzbnUrl	NZBN register page
🔎 searchTerm	Query that surfaced this company
🕒 scrapedAt	Collection timestamp
❌ error	Error message, null on success

Real sample records:

{
  "name": "AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED",
  "companyNumber": "104799",
  "nzbn": "9429040402543",
  "status": "Registered",
  "entityType": "NZ Limited Company",
  "incorporationDate": "26 Apr 1940",
  "address": "Air New Zealand House, 185 Fanshawe Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand",
  "nzbnUrl": "https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/mynzbn/nzbndetails/9429040402543/",
  "error": null
}

{
  "name": "FONTERRA TM LIMITED",
  "companyNumber": "1157956",
  "nzbn": "9429036794195",
  "status": "Registered",
  "entityType": "NZ Limited Company",
  "incorporationDate": "21 Aug 2001",
  "address": "109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand",
  "nzbnUrl": "https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/mynzbn/nzbndetails/9429036794195/",
  "error": null
}

{
  "name": "AIR NEW ZEALAND HOLIDAYS LIMITED",
  "companyNumber": "116030",
  "nzbn": "9429032058956",
  "status": "Removed",
  "entityType": "NZ Limited Company",
  "incorporationDate": "07 Dec 1982",
  "nzbnUrl": "https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/mynzbn/nzbndetails/9429032058956/",
  "error": null
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

• Official source. Straight from the New Zealand Companies Register.
• NZBN included. Link records to the wider business number system.
• Status aware. Tell registered from removed at a glance.
• Whole result sets. Paging is handled for you.
• Ready to export. CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, or API, with a clean table view.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

	NZ Companies Register Scraper	Manual search	Generic web scrapers
Whole-register keyword search	✅	❌	⚠️ Needs setup
NZBN and status	✅	⚠️	❌
Paging handled	✅	❌	⚠️
Multi-term runs	✅	❌	⚠️
Export to CSV/Excel/JSON/XML	✅	❌	⚠️

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account using this sign-up link.
2. Open the NZ Companies Register Scraper.
3. Enter one or more searchTerms and set maxItems.
4. Click Start and watch the dataset fill in real time.
5. Export your results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML, or pull them via API.

💼 Business use cases

🎯 Lead generation

Goal	How
Build prospect lists	Search an industry keyword
Filter active firms	Keep only registered status

🔍 Due diligence

Goal	How
Verify a company	Search its exact name
Check history	Read status and incorporation date

🗺 Market mapping

Goal	How
Map a sector	Aggregate companies by keyword
Spot groups	Group by shared name patterns

📊 Research

Goal	How
Build datasets	Pull many terms at once
Link records	Use NZBN as a join key

🔌 Automating NZ Companies Register Scraper

Connect this Actor to your stack with Apify integrations: Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, and Google Drive. Schedule runs and push fresh company data into spreadsheets, databases, or alerts.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

• Research: study company formation trends in New Zealand.
• Personal: check a business before you deal with it.
• Non-profit: map the organisations in a sector.
• Experimentation: build company graph projects.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant

Paste your dataset into ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot and ask for active companies, formation dates, or name clusters.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do I need an API key? No. The Actor uses the public register search.

2. Does it include removed companies? Yes. Check the status field to tell registered from removed.

3. What is the NZBN? The New Zealand Business Number, a unique identifier for each entity.

4. How many companies can a keyword return? Thousands. "plumbing" returns over 5,800. Use maxItems to cap output.

5. Is the address always present? It is shown for most entities, but a few have none.

6. Can I search several terms at once? Yes. Add multiple search terms.

7. What export formats are supported? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, and API.

8. Where does the data come from? The official New Zealand Companies Register.

9. Can I run it on a schedule? Yes, with Apify Schedules and integrations.

10. Is there a free option? Yes. Free runs are limited to 10 items as a preview. Paid plans unlock up to 1,000,000.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Use the Apify API, webhooks, and 5,000-plus integrations to push register data into Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Airtable, databases, and more.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the New Zealand Companies Office or MBIE. Only publicly available register data is collected.