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 needed - a query in, clean JSON out. (For reliable bulk runs, enable a residential proxy - see below.)

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",
  "tradeLicenses": ["Dienstleistungen in der automatischen Datenverarbeitung und Informationstechnik"],
  "certifications": null,
  "memberSince": "2015",
  "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
tradeLicenses	Trade licenses (Gewerbeberechtigungen)
certifications	Quality marks and certifications
memberSince	WKO membership date
firmaId / sourceUrl	WKO internal identifier (UUID) and profile URL

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	$0.005
Per result	$0.003
~100 results	~$0.31
~1,000 results	~$3.01
~10,000 results	~$30.01

No subscription, no minimum.

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. For reliable bulk runs, enable an Apify Residential proxy under Proxy configuration (requires a paid Apify plan); the actor retries transient failures automatically.

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 (recommended for bulk)	RESIDENTIAL	Enable an Apify Residential proxy for reliable bulk runs (paid plan).

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 or API key? No account with WKO and no API key. For reliable bulk runs, enable an Apify Residential proxy (paid plan) - the actor 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

• For reliable bulk runs, enable an Apify Residential proxy (paid plan); the actor retries transient failures automatically.
• Very deep result sets (1000+ pages) can be unreliable - narrow with specific branche and bundesland filters.
• Company profiles vary; some businesses list only name and address.
• 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, pay per result, no keys to supply.

Country	Actors
Poland	REGON/GUS · KRS financials · KRS board · CRBR UBO · 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 (this actor) · 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: WKO directory (this actor) for Austrian firmographics -> Ediktsdatei for insolvency -> adverse media.

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. Fur zuverlassige Massenabfragen empfiehlt sich ein Apify Residential-Proxy (kostenpflichtiger Plan). 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.