Austria WKO Business Directory Scraper | Firmenverzeichnis der Wirtschaftskammer

Extract structured company data from Austria's official Chamber of Commerce directory (WKO Firmen A-Z) - 620,000+ businesses with contact details, trade licenses, and industry classifications - as structured JSON, in bulk, beyond what the directory's manual search allows. Search by industry (Branche), state (Bundesland), district, or keyword. There is no official API for this data.

No login, no API key, no proxy needed - a query in, clean JSON out.

What data do you get?

One record per business:

{
  "companyName": "Tech Solutions GmbH",
  "address": "Mariahilfer Strasse 45",
  "postalCode": "1060",
  "city": "Wien",
  "bundesland": "Wien",
  "phone": "+43 1 234 5678",
  "email": "office@techsolutions.at",
  "website": "https://www.techsolutions.at",
  "branche": "IT-Dienstleistung",
  "firmaId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
  "sourceUrl": "https://firmen.wko.at/tech-solutions-gmbh/wien/?firmaid=..."
}

Field	Description
companyName	Official business name as registered with WKO
address / postalCode / city / bundesland	Parsed address (street, PLZ, city, state)
phone / email / website	Contact details from the company detail page
branche	Industry / trade classification (echoes the search term)
firmaId / sourceUrl	WKO internal identifier (UUID) and profile URL

Not returned. tradeLicenses, memberSince, certifications and fax are emitted as empty/null placeholders only. The actor reads WKO listing pages and does not fetch the per-company detail page where those values live.

How much does it cost?

Pay per result - you are not charged for Apify platform usage, only per company. The price drops on higher Apify subscription tiers.

Volume	Cost
Start cost	$0.00005
Per result	$0.005
~100 results	~$0.50
~1,000 results	~$5.00
~10,000 results	~$50.00

A run that returns nothing costs nothing. If the search is rejected for unusable input, or the district you asked for has no listing, the run stops with an explanation and the only charge is the $0.00005 start fee. You pay per company record, and nothing else.

No subscription, no minimum. The Apify free plan includes $5/month in platform credits - around 1,000 records - so you can validate the data before committing to anything.

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

Data comes from firmen.wko.at, the official business directory of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (Wirtschaftskammer Osterreich), a public-law institution under the Austrian Economic Chamber Act. It covers 620,000+ Austrian businesses with active trade licenses, and it is public (no login). It contains business contact information, not personal data beyond what companies choose to publish. You are responsible for complying with GDPR/DSG when using the data.

How do I use it?

Click Try it and paste this input:

{ "branche": "IT-Dienstleistung", "bundesland": "Wien", "maxResults": 50 }

Search by keyword across all of Austria ({ "searchQuery": "Steuerberater", "maxResults": 200 }), or narrow to a district. No proxy setup is needed - leave Proxy configuration empty.

Input options

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	No	-	Keyword search for company name or service
branche	string	No	-	Industry/trade classification (e.g. "Gastronomie")
bundesland	string	No	All	Austrian state (Wien, Niederosterreich, Oberosterreich, Steiermark, Tirol, Salzburg, Karnten, Burgenland, Vorarlberg)
bezirk	string	No	-	District within the selected Bundesland
maxResults	integer	No	100	Max companies to return (1-10,000)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	None	Optional. The directory is reachable without a proxy; set one only if you want runs routed through your own IPs.

At least one of searchQuery, branche, or bundesland must be provided.

What you can do with it

• B2B lead generation - find companies by industry and location with verified contact data (phone, email, website).
• Market-entry research - map the competitive landscape before entering the Austrian market.
• Supplier discovery - find certified suppliers and service providers by trade classification.
• Competitive analysis - measure industry concentration by region and spot market gaps.
• Sales prospecting - build targeted prospect lists by industry, location, and trade licence.

Run it from code

# cURL - start a run and get the dataset back
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/regdata~wko-business-directory-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "branche": "IT-Dienstleistung", "bundesland": "Wien", "maxResults": 50 }'

// Node.js - apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('regdata/wko-business-directory-scraper').call({ branche: 'IT-Dienstleistung', bundesland: 'Wien', maxResults: 50 });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

# Python - apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("regdata/wko-business-directory-scraper").call(run_input={"branche": "IT-Dienstleistung", "bundesland": "Wien", "maxResults": 50})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items

Integrations

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

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape the WKO directory? Yes. It is the official public business directory of the Austrian Economic Chamber. It contains business contact information; you remain responsible for GDPR/DSG compliance when using it.

Do I need an account, API key, or proxy? None of the three. The actor talks to the public directory directly and retries transient issues automatically.

Can I filter by industry and region? Yes. Use branche (trade classification) and bundesland / bezirk (state / district). At least one search filter is required.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, or read live via the API.

Limitations

• The directory pages 10 results at a time, so very large pulls take a while - roughly 3 seconds per 10 records. Narrow with branche, bundesland, and bezirk for faster, more targeted runs.
• Company profiles vary; some businesses list only name and address. Phone, email, and website are present only where the business published them to WKO.
• The directory reflects current WKO membership status only (no historical data).
• Content is in German, as published by WKO.

Related actors

Part of a suite of official government registry actors - no public API to build or maintain, pay per result, nothing to configure.

Country	Actors
Poland	BDO · CRBR · KRS (financials) · EKW · KNF · KRS (board) · KRZ · MSiG · KYB check · PEP (Sejm) · REGON (sites) · REGON · UOKiK
Germany	Insolvenzbekanntmachungen · Handelsregister
Spain	BORME · Registro Mercantil · Registro Público Concursal
Italy	INI-PEC · Registro Imprese
Austria	Ediktsdatei · WKO (this actor)
France	Societe.com
Belgium	KBO / BCE
Czechia	ISIR
Slovakia	RPVS
Cyprus	DRCOR
Ireland	CRO
Portugal	Publicações MJ
Nigeria	CAC
Colombia	RUES
USA	California SoS · California UCC
UAE	ADGM
Global	Adverse media

Common combinations: company register -> UBO -> insolvency/debtors -> adverse media is the standard KYB/onboarding chain.

For Poland that whole chain is one call: Poland KYB Risk Check takes a NIP or KRS and returns identity, beneficial owners and insolvency - screened against the company and every beneficial owner - as a single verdict. The component registry lookups it runs bill as usual, plus a small orchestration fee.

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

Informationen auf Deutsch

Was ist dieses Tool?

Dieser Apify Actor extrahiert Unternehmensdaten aus dem offiziellen WKO Firmen A-Z Verzeichnis (firmen.wko.at) der Wirtschaftskammer Osterreich - strukturierte Daten zu uber 620.000 osterreichischen Unternehmen mit Firmenname, Adresse, Kontaktdaten, Gewerbeberechtigungen, Branche und Zertifizierungen. Keine offizielle API, keine Anmeldung.

Fur wen?

Fur B2B-Leadgenerierung, Marktanalyse, Lieferantensuche und Vertriebsunterstutzung. Kein Proxy, keine Anmeldung, keine Abos - Sie zahlen nur pro Ergebnis.

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WKO Firmen A-Z - Osterreichische Firmensuche

Automatisierter Zugriff auf das WKO Firmenverzeichnis der Wirtschaftskammer Osterreich. Uber 620.000 osterreichische Unternehmen mit Firmennamen, Adressen, Telefonnummern, E-Mail, Websites, Branchencodes und Gewerbescheinen. Keine offizielle API. Ideal fur B2B-Leadgenerierung, Marktforschung und Unternehmensrecherche in Osterreich.