Impressum Scraper – German Company Data, HRB & VAT Check

Turn a list of company websites into verified firmographics from their legally required legal notice (Impressum, Mentions légales, Colofon…): legal name, legal form, registered address, commercial register number and court, VAT ID validated in the EU VIES service, company phone and generic e-mail. Built for B2B lead lists, CRM enrichment and KYB in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – and GDPR-safe: no personal data.

Why this one

• Verified, not just scraped. Every VAT ID is checked in EU VIES (valid / invalid), with the registered name and address where the member state publishes them.
• Register data done right. Handelsregister (HRB/HRA/VR, court), Austrian Firmenbuch (FN, court), Swiss UID, French RCS/SIREN, Dutch KvK and UK company numbers – normalised.
• The right company. Legal notices often name the owner, the agency, the bank and the parent company. The site owner is picked by matching the domain and the register data.
• GDPR-safe by design. Managing directors, owners and editors are never extracted; only role-based mailboxes (info@, kontakt@, service@ …) of the company itself are kept; sole traders are skipped.
• Pay only for companies found. Websites without a legal notice, blocked sites and sole traders are free.

Compared with alternatives

	This Actor	Typical alternatives
VAT ID validated in EU VIES	Yes, with registered name	No
Right company when several are named	Owner picked by domain + register match	First name found
Personal data (directors)	Never – GDPR-safe	Usually included
JavaScript-rendered legal notices	Read from embedded data	Often missed

What you get

companyName, legalForm, country, street, postalCode, city, registerType, registerNumber, registerCourt, vatId, vatStatus (valid / invalid / unavailable / not_checked), vatRegisteredName, vatRegisteredAddress, phone, fax, emails, legalNoticeUrl, domain.

Sample output

{
  "domain": "zalando.de",
  "companyName": "Zalando SE",
  "legalForm": "SE",
  "country": "DE",
  "street": "Valeska-Gert-Straße 5",
  "postalCode": "10243",
  "city": "Berlin",
  "registerType": "HRB",
  "registerNumber": "HRB 158855 B",
  "registerCourt": "Charlottenburg Berlin",
  "vatId": "DE260543043",
  "vatStatus": "valid",
  "emails": ["impressum@zalando.de"],
  "legalNoticeUrl": "https://www.zalando.de/zalando-impressum/"
}

How to use

1. Paste company websites or domains (one per line) – e.g. exported from your CRM or a lead list.
2. Keep "Validate VAT IDs in EU VIES" on.
3. Click Start. Export to CSV/Excel/JSON or send to your CRM via the API, n8n, Make or Zapier.

Use cases

• B2B lead lists (DACH): turn domains into legal names, addresses and register numbers.
• CRM enrichment & cleaning: fix legal names and addresses, add VAT IDs and register numbers.
• KYB & supplier onboarding: confirm a website belongs to a registered company with a valid VAT ID.
• Invoicing & tax: collect and validate customers' VAT IDs in bulk.
• Monitoring: schedule with "only new or changed" to catch address, legal form or register changes.

Pricing

Pay per company found, VIES check included:

Apify plan	Per 1,000 companies	Per run
Free	$5.00	$0.005
Starter	$4.60	$0.005
Scale	$4.20	$0.005
Business	$3.60	$0.005

Cost examples

• 100 company websites: ≤ $0.50 (only sites with data are charged)
• Enrich 5,000 CRM accounts: ≤ $25

Use it from code, n8n or AI agents

Run it from the Apify API, the Python or JavaScript client, n8n, Make or Zapier – or let an AI agent call it through the Apify MCP server (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor).

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("ram1eal/company-imprint").call(run_input={"websites":["zalando.de","billa.at"]})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client
  .actor('ram1eal/company-imprint')
  .call({ websites: ['zalando.de', 'billa.at'] });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

MCP: add ram1eal/company-imprint to the Apify MCP server and ask in plain English – the agent fills the input and pays per result.

Data sourcing & compliance

• Reads the public legal notice each company must publish (German §5 DDG, Austrian §25 MedienG, Swiss UWG, French LCEN…): the home page, the legal-notice page, and common legal-notice paths if needed. robots.txt is respected.
• Websites that block automated access are reported and skipped – never forced.
• VAT validation: the European Commission's official VIES REST service.
• No personal data: no person names, no personal e-mail addresses, no sole traders.

FAQ

• Why are some big websites skipped? A few large consumer sites block automated visits; they are free and listed in the run log. Company websites of SMEs and B2B firms work best.
• Why is the VAT status "unavailable"? The member state's VIES service was busy or down; run again later.
• Why no managing director? Person data is excluded on purpose (GDPR).
• What if something breaks? Open an issue – typical response under 12 hours.

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Input reference

Field	Type	Default	Description
websites	array	–	Company websites, domains or e-mail addresses
maxItems	integer	1000	Maximum companies
validateVat	boolean	true	Validate VAT IDs in EU VIES
onlyNew	boolean	false	Only new or changed companies
stateKey	string	–	History name for only-changed mode

Changelog

• 0.1 – DACH legal notices (+ FR, NL, BE, IT, ES, UK IDs), VIES validation, GDPR-safe output.