Poland CRBR Beneficial Owners Scraper | Rejestr Beneficjentow Rzeczywistych

Verify the beneficial owners (UBO) of any Polish company in bulk, straight from Poland's official Central Register of Beneficial Owners (CRBR) - structured JSON, beyond what the register's single manual web lookup allows. Search by NIP, KRS, company name, or a beneficiary's PESEL and get back the owners, the nature of control resolved into the wording of the AML Act (not a bare code), the officers who filed the declaration, and any discrepancy reports.

No login, no API key, nothing to configure - paste a NIP and get a compliance-ready record back in seconds. It reads the register's data directly (no browser), so runs finish fast, and the live run and success figures are shown by Apify above this README - you never have to take our word for it.

What data do you get?

One structured record per company. A real result (PESEL masked here for documentation only; the actor returns the full value):

{
  "requestId": "0C7F5D8BF6924B109B3D0DBFACE902D7",
  "name": "COMARCH SPÓŁKA AKCYJNA",
  "nip": "6770065406",
  "krs": "0000057567",
  "legalForm": "Spółka akcyjna",
  "postalCode": "31-864",
  "voivodeship": "MAŁOPOLSKIE",
  "city": "KRAKÓW",
  "street": "ALEJA JANA PAWŁA II",
  "houseNumber": "39A",
  "periodStart": "2026-07-09",
  "periodEnd": "2026-07-09",
  "corrected": false,
  "hasDiscrepancies": false,
  "discrepancyCount": 0,
  "proceeding": null,
  "found": true,
  "beneficialOwners": [
    {
      "firstName": "JAROSŁAW",
      "lastName": "MIKOS",
      "pesel": "670120*****",
      "citizenship": "POLSKA",
      "countryOfResidence": "POLSKA",
      "entitlements": [
        {
          "natureOfControl": "osoba fizyczna zajmująca wyższe stanowisko kierownicze, o której mowa w art. 2 ust. 2 pkt.1 lit. a tiret 5 ustawy AML",
          "natureOfControlCode": "002",
          "controlBasisCode": 3
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "representatives": [
    { "firstName": "ZBIGNIEW", "lastName": "RYMARCZYK", "role": "zgłaszający - członek zarządu" },
    { "firstName": "IWONA", "lastName": "KASPRZYK", "role": "zgłaszający - prokurent" }
  ],
  "sourceUrl": "https://crbr.podatki.gov.pl/"
}

By default the actor returns the current entry (one row per company). Pass dateFrom (e.g. "2019-10-13", the register's start) to retrieve historical filings.

How much does CRBR data cost?

Pay per result - you are not charged for Apify platform usage, only a small start fee plus a fixed price per company record. The per-record price drops on higher Apify subscription tiers.

Event	Cost
Actor start (per run)	$0.025
Each company record	$0.008

Volume	Total
1 company, single run	$0.033
100 companies, one batch run	$0.825
1,000 companies, one batch run	$8.03
10,000 companies, one batch run	$80.03

Batch your queries and the start fee amortises to almost nothing. Apify's $5 monthly free credit covers roughly 620 company records in one batch run, or about 150 individual lookups. No subscription, no seats, no minimum - and failed lookups are never charged (see the FAQ).

Is it legal, and where does the data come from?

All data comes from the official CRBR register at crbr.podatki.gov.pl, maintained by Poland's Ministry of Finance under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (ustawa z dnia 1 marca 2018 r. o przeciwdzialaniu praniu pieniedzy oraz finansowaniu terroryzmu). The register is public - it exists precisely so obliged institutions can verify beneficial ownership. Companies face fines of up to 1,000,000 PLN for failing to file or for filing false UBO declarations.

Extraction of this public data is permitted. Every record carries the requestId and the presentation period, so any answer can be traced back to the exact filing it came from - your audit trail. You remain responsible for lawful, GDPR-compliant use of the personal data (owner names, PESEL) downstream.

How do I use it?

Click Try it and paste this input:

{ "nip": "6770065406" }

Or look up by KRS ({ "krs": "0000057567" }), by company name, or by a person's PESEL to find companies where they are a beneficial owner. To screen many companies in one run, pass a queries array - the start fee then amortises across all of them.

Input options

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
nip	string	No	-	Polish Tax ID for a single query
krs	string	No	-	KRS number for a single query
companyName	string	No	-	Company name for a single query (partial match)
queries	array	No	-	Batch queries - array of {nip, krs, name, pesel} objects, or bare strings
dateFrom	string	No	today	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD); pass 2019-10-13 for full history
dateTo	string	No	today	End date (YYYY-MM-DD)

At least one of nip, krs, companyName, or queries must be provided.

Resolved, not raw - the difference that matters

CRBR does not tell you why someone is a beneficial owner. It stores a number. charakterUdzialu: 3 is all the register gives you, and a record that says "charakter 3" cannot go into a client file.

This actor returns the number and what it means:

	Value
controlBasisCode	3
natureOfControlCode	"002"
natureOfControl	"osoba fizyczna zajmująca wyższe stanowisko kierownicze, o której mowa w art. 2 ust. 2 pkt.1 lit. a tiret 5 ustawy AML"

Read it, or join on it. You never maintain a code table. Comarch is the instructive case: it declares no owner above 25%, so its UBOs are senior managing officials with no ownership percentage at all - a tool that only reports percentages returns nothing useful here. Companies with a direct stake instead carry a natureOfControl such as "wspólnik spółki jawnej" together with an amount and unit.

Fields that are easy to miss

These come from parts of the CRBR response that are simple to skip, and they are usually the ones a reviewer asks about:

Field	Why it matters
representatives[]	The officers who signed the declaration (członek zarządu, prokurent) - your evidence trail.
hasDiscrepancies, discrepancyCount	Discrepancy reports filed against the entry. Obliged institutions have a statutory duty to report UBO discrepancies.
requestId + periodStart/periodEnd	CRBR's own query identifier and reporting period - reproducible proof of what the register said, and when.
trustRights, groupName	Trust entitlements and group-beneficiary name, for trust and group structures.
proceeding	Insolvency or liquidation proceedings noted against the company.
foreignAddress, foreignTrustRegister	Foreign seat and foreign trust register, where they apply.
corrected	Whether the entry is a correction of an earlier filing.

What you can do with it

• KYC / AML compliance - verify UBO declarations as part of customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD), and capture the requestId for your file.
• Bank & fintech onboarding - screen a counterparty's beneficial owners before account opening; pass a queries batch to clear a whole onboarding queue in one run.
• M&A due diligence - identify the ultimate controllers of an acquisition target, including senior-managing-official UBOs that percentage-only tools miss.
• Ongoing monitoring - schedule a recurring run over your portfolio and catch new filings, corrections, or discrepancy reports.
• Investigative research - trace ownership networks by searching on a person's PESEL to find every company they beneficially own.

Flat export for spreadsheets

The dataset nests owners inside their company, so one company is one billable record. To get one row per owner, reshape on export - this does not create extra billable results:

https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<datasetId>/items?format=csv&unwind=beneficialOwners

Run it from code

# cURL - start a run and get the dataset back
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/regdata~crbr-beneficial-owners-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "nip": "6770065406" }'

// Node.js - apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('regdata/crbr-beneficial-owners-scraper').call({ nip: '6770065406' });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

# Python - apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("regdata/crbr-beneficial-owners-scraper").call(run_input={"nip": "6770065406"})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items

Integrations

Runs anywhere Apify does: call it from the REST API, schedule recurring UBO checks, pipe results into n8n / Make / Zapier, or use it from any MCP client (Claude, Cursor) via mcp.apify.com.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape CRBR? Yes. CRBR is an official, public register published by the Polish Ministry of Finance for exactly this kind of beneficial-ownership verification. Extraction of public data is permitted; you remain responsible for lawful, GDPR-compliant use of the personal data (names, PESEL) downstream.

Do I need a CRBR account or API key? No. No login, no key, nothing to configure - the register is public and the actor handles retrieval. You only need an Apify account to run it.

Am I charged if a lookup fails? No. A transport failure is never written to the dataset or billed - failures are reported in the run's ERRORS key-value record and the run status message. A definitive "no entries in CRBR" is returned and charged, because that is a real answer (the company has no filing), not a failure.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, or read live via the API. For one row per beneficial owner in a spreadsheet, add unwind=beneficialOwners on export (see above).

Why does a company show UBOs with no ownership percentage? Because CRBR records the basis of control, not always a percentage. When no one owns above 25%, the beneficial owners are senior managing officials (natureOfControl = "osoba zajmująca wyższe stanowisko kierownicze") and carry no amount. That is the correct legal answer, and the resolved natureOfControl wording tells you exactly why.

Which companies are covered? All legal entities registered in KRS. Sole proprietorships (CEIDG) are not in CRBR and will return found: false.

How current is the data? It is read live from the register at query time. Note that declarations are self-reported - the Ministry does not independently verify them, and companies must update within 7 business days of an ownership change (delays occur in practice). This is exactly why the hasDiscrepancies field matters.

Limitations

• CRBR covers KRS-registered legal entities only - sole proprietorships (CEIDG) are not included and return found: false.
• Data reflects self-reported UBO declarations; the Ministry of Finance does not independently verify them (which is why hasDiscrepancies exists).
• Companies must update declarations within 7 business days of an ownership change, but delays occur in practice.

Related actors

Part of a suite of official government registry actors - no public API, pay per result, no keys to supply.

Country	Actors
Poland	REGON/GUS · KRS financials · KRS board · CRBR UBO (this actor) · KRZ debtors · MSiG gazette · KNF · PEP · EKW land · UOKiK · BDO waste · Premises
Germany	Handelsregister · Insolvency
Spain	Company directory · BORME acts · Concursal
Italy	Registro Imprese · PEC lookup
Austria	WKO directory · Ediktsdatei
France	Societe.com
Belgium	KBO/BCE
Czechia	ISIR insolvency
Slovakia	RPVS UBO
UAE	ADGM register
USA	California SoS · California UCC liens
Global	Adverse media

Common combination: company register -> UBO (this actor) -> insolvency/debtors -> adverse media is the standard KYB/onboarding chain.

Full suite: apify.com/regdata · Callable from any MCP client via mcp.apify.com

Informacje po polsku

Czym jest ten aktor?

Ten aktor umozliwia automatyczne odpytywanie Centralnego Rejestru Beneficjentow Rzeczywistych (CRBR) - rejestru prowadzonego przez Ministerstwo Finansow, w ktorym kazda polska osoba prawna musi ujawniac swoich beneficjentow rzeczywistych. Aktor odpytuje rejestr bezposrednio, wiec uruchomienia koncza sie w kilka sekund.

Dla kogo?

Dla oficerow compliance AML w bankach i instytucjach finansowych weryfikujacych deklaracje UBO, kancelarii prawnych identyfikujacych rzeczywistych kontrolerow w transakcjach M&A, firm fintechowych automatyzujacych screening KYC przy onboardingu, doradcow podatkowych weryfikujacych struktury wlascicielskie oraz dziennikarzy sledczych sledzacych sieci wlascicielskie spolek.

Co mozna sprawdzic?

Wyszukiwanie po NIP, KRS, nazwie firmy (dopasowanie czesciowe) lub PESEL beneficjenta, z obsluga przetwarzania wsadowego. Kazdy wynik zawiera nazwe firmy, NIP, KRS, forme prawna, adres, liste beneficjentow rzeczywistych oraz - co najwazniejsze - charakter uprawnien opisany slowami ustawy AML, a nie sam kod liczbowy. Zwracamy takze osoby zglaszajace deklaracje (czlonek zarzadu, prokurent) i informacje o rozbieznosciach. Placisz tylko za to, co pobierzesz; nieudane zapytania nie sa naliczane.

Changelog

1.2 - fuller records, flat export

• Nature of control now ships both the resolved wording from the AML Act and the raw registry codes (natureOfControlCode, controlBasisCode, ownershipTypeCode, unitCode), so you can read it or join on it.
• New fields: trustRights and groupName on each owner; proceeding, foreignAddress, foreignTrustRegister, and discrepancyCount on the company.
• Flat, one row per owner for spreadsheets - add unwind=beneficialOwners on export. It reshapes the same records; it does not create extra billable results.
• Corrected the documented output fields: the real control fields are under beneficialOwners[].entitlements[].

1.1 - failures no longer charged

• Failed lookups are no longer written to the dataset, so a transport error is never charged. Failures are reported in the run's ERRORS key-value record and the status message. A definitive "no entries in CRBR" result is still returned (and charged) - that is an answer, not a failure.
• Batch queries run several at a time with automatic retry; results stay in the same order as your input.

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Weryfikacja beneficjentow rzeczywistych - CRBR online

Automatyczna weryfikacja beneficjentow rzeczywistych z Centralnego Rejestru Beneficjentow Rzeczywistych (CRBR). Wyszukiwanie po NIP, KRS, nazwie firmy lub PESEL. Niezbedne narzedzie do weryfikacji KYC/AML, due diligence i onboardingu klientow. Bez miesiecznego abonamentu - placisz tylko za zapytania.