Kompass Scraper - Global B2B Company Directory

Scrape company data from Kompass.com, a global B2B directory with 60M+ companies across 70+ countries.

DataDome unblocker (optional, off by default)

The default HTTP-only path works on all tested tenants (DE, FR, GB, PL) as of October 2026, so unblockMode defaults to off. Only switch it on if you see stripped-page / blocked messages.

Kompass Poland (pl.kompass.com) and Germany (de.kompass.com) run a tighter DataDome trust configuration that strips company cards from SERP responses when only a pure-HTTP cookie is used. The unblockMode input field lets you engage a Camoufox browser sub-actor that mints a fully verified DataDome cookie and injects it before the SERP fetch.

Cost breakdown

Scenario	Cost per call
Fresh mint (cache miss, Camoufox cold start)	~$0.06 (~0.06 CU)
Cache hit (session pool hit within 30-min TTL)	~$0.001 actual CU
Apify platform minimum per run of sub-actor	$0.04 (billed by platform, not per-call)

The session pool (datadome-session-pool KV store) is shared across your runs. On a typical workflow with 5+ runs per hour against the same subdomain, nearly all calls hit the cache and cost under $0.002 each. A cold start happens at most once every 30 minutes per subdomain/country combination.

The sub-actor CU is charged to your Apify account separately from this actor's pricing.

Three modes

Mode	When to use
auto	Mints only for pl.kompass.com and de.kompass.com, which are confirmed tight tenants. Other subdomains use the standard solve path. Recommended for most users.
on	Always mints before the first SERP request, regardless of subdomain. Use when you are hitting unexpected CookieOnly blocks on subdomains not yet classified as tight.
off (default)	Skips the sub-actor entirely. Lowest cost. If Kompass serves stripped pages and nothing can be loaded, the run ends FAILED with a clear status message and the start event is not charged.

If Kompass serves stripped pages

If DataDome serves a stripped-body response (200 OK but 0 company cards) the run ends FAILED with a status message and is not charged for the start event. The log contains:

WARN kompass hit DataDome CookieOnly block on pl.kompass.com. Rerun with unblockMode="auto" (default) or "on" to auto-unblock via our sub-actor. See README > "DataDome unblocker" for pricing.

Anti-Bot Protection Note

Kompass.com uses DataDome anti-bot protection. For best results, use residential proxies (RESIDENTIAL group). If you experience empty results on non-PL/DE subdomains, try running again since a fresh residential IP often passes the challenge.

Use with AI Agents (MCP)

Connect this actor to any MCP-compatible AI client -- Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or custom agents.

Apify MCP server URL:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/kompass-scraper

Example prompt once connected:

"Use kompass-scraper to scrape company data from kompass. Return results as a table."

Clients that support dynamic tool discovery (Claude.ai, VS Code) will receive the full input schema automatically via add-actor.

What data do you get?

For each company, the scraper extracts:

• Company name and description
• Website URL, phone number, and email
• Full address (street, postal code, city, country)
• GPS coordinates (latitude/longitude)
• Employee count (e.g., "Von 20 bis 49 Mitarbeiter")
• Year founded
• Revenue/turnover
• Supplier type (Exporter, Manufacturer, Service provider, etc.)
• Product categories and certifications (ISO, etc.)
• Company logo

How to use

Option 1: Keywords + country (recommended for programmatic use)

Set searchQueries (array of keywords) and country (ISO code). The scraper builds the correct subdomain URL for each query.

{
  "searchQueries": ["logistics", "freight forwarding"],
  "country": "PL",
  "maxResults": 40,
  "unblockMode": "auto"
}

Each entry in searchQueries is scraped independently. Results from all queries are combined up to maxResults.

Option 2: Paste a search URL

1. Go to any Kompass country site (e.g., de.kompass.com) and search for companies
2. Copy the search results URL
3. Paste it into the Search URLs field

Works with all Kompass country domains: de.kompass.com, fr.kompass.com, gb.kompass.com, it.kompass.com, es.kompass.com, and 70+ more.

Option 3: Paste company profile URLs directly

You can also paste company profile URLs (e.g., https://in.kompass.com/c/rolex-rings-private-limited/in774979/) into Search URLs to fetch a single company's full profile without paginating. Ideal for dedupe workflows: run a search-only pass first, dedupe against your database, then pay for detail only on the new companies.

Option 4: Paste category URLs (/a/) for maximum yield

Category pages at /en/a/{slug}/{id}/ return 81 company cards per URL in a single request. This is a 5x yield improvement over /searchCompanies pages (20 cards per page, capped at 100 total across 5 scroll pages).

Find a category URL by browsing Kompass and clicking a category from the left-hand filter panel. The URL in your browser will contain /a/ followed by a slug and numeric ID.

Example URLs:

https://pl.kompass.com/en/a/logistics/25535/
https://de.kompass.com/en/a/logistics/25535/
https://fr.kompass.com/en/a/logistics/25535/

Paste them into the Search URLs input field. The scraper detects /a/ paths automatically and routes them through the session-minter unblocker (when unblockMode is auto or on).

Cost: each /a/ URL uses one session-minter call (~$0.03 CU). The 81 cards returned give a cost-per-company roughly 15x lower than the /searchCompanies path.

Country routing

Kompass uses country subdomains, not query parameters. Setting country: "PL" routes to pl.kompass.com, country: "FR" routes to fr.kompass.com, and so on. Query parameters like ?country=PL are ignored by Kompass -- only the subdomain matters.

When searchUrls is also set, the country field acts as a post-filter that drops SERP results not matching the target country, which helps for long queries that occasionally return off-target companies at the tail.

Input example (programmatic API call)

{
  "searchQueries": ["logistics"],
  "country": "PL",
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
  "unblockMode": "auto"
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Search keywords. Each becomes one Kompass SERP URL on the correct country subdomain. Primary input for API use.
searchUrls	array	Kompass search result or company profile URLs, used as-is
searchQuery	string	Single keyword (legacy, use searchQueries for new integrations)
country	string	ISO country code (e.g. "PL", "DE", "FR"). Determines subdomain. Required when using searchQueries/searchQuery.
maxResults	integer	Maximum total companies to scrape (default: 20)
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	Alias for maxResults. Takes precedence when both are set.
unblockMode	string	DataDome unblocker mode: off (default), auto, on. See "DataDome unblocker" above.
includeDetails	boolean	Fetch detail pages for full data (default: true)
fetchCatalogueLinks	boolean	Fetch media page to extract catalogue_pdf and catalogue_video (default: false)

Output example

{
  "id": "DENKC00033877",
  "name": "RLS Wacon analytics GmbH",
  "description": "Die RLS Wacon analytics GmbH ist ein Familienunternehmen mit Sitz in Hildesheim...",
  "website": "https://www.rls-wacon.de",
  "phone": "+49 5121 28 126 0",
  "email": "info@rls-wacon.de",
  "address": "Gropiusstrasse 12, 31137 Hildesheim",
  "city": "Hildesheim",
  "postal_code": "31137",
  "country": "Germany",
  "country_code": "DE",
  "latitude": 52.16463,
  "longitude": 9.92306,
  "logo_url": "https://img.kompass.com/sys-master-images/...",
  "employee_count": "Von 20 bis 49 Mitarbeiter",
  "year_founded": "2005",
  "supplier_type": "Exporteur",
  "categories": ["Elektrische Messgeraete und Steuergeraete", "Analysegeraete fuer Fluessigkeiten"],
  "certifications": ["ISO 9001"],
  "vat_number": "DE124391220",
  "catalogue_url": "https://de.kompass.com/c/cv/rls-wacon-analytics-gmbh/denkc00033877/",
  "catalogue_pdf": "https://prokcssmedia.blob.core.windows.net/sys-master-images/.../Wasserkatalog.pdf",
  "catalogue_video": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpS9_St3K6s",
  "source_url": "https://de.kompass.com/c/rls-wacon-analytics-gmbh/denkc00033877/",
  "source_platform": "kompass.com",
  "scraped_at": "2026-03-26T10:30:00Z"
}

Tips

• Include Details = ON gives you email, full address, coordinates, employee count, founding year, VAT/GST number, and more. Highly recommended.
• catalogue_url is always the Kompass media page (listing brochures and videos). Enable fetchCatalogueLinks to also get catalogue_pdf (direct PDF download) and catalogue_video (YouTube/Vimeo link) -- this makes one extra request per company.
• Include Details = OFF is faster but only returns name, city, phone, website, and categories from search results.
• For PL/DE subdomains, unblockMode can stay off; use auto only if you are blocked. The sub-actor session pool means subsequent runs within 30 minutes cost almost nothing extra.
• Category URLs (/a/ paths) return 81 companies per URL vs 20 per search page. Paste them into Search URLs for the highest yield per request. Each URL costs one session-minter call (~$0.03 CU).
• The scraper works with all 70+ Kompass country domains.
• The scraper rotates through multiple Chrome TLS profiles and proxy sessions automatically for best success rates on non-PL/DE subdomains.

Known limitations

Kompass.com uses DataDome bot protection which requires JavaScript execution for initial challenge solving. PL and DE subdomains require a full Camoufox browser solve (available via unblockMode: "auto" or "on"). Other subdomains use a pure-HTTP solver path which is faster and cheaper.

The 5-page scroll cap is a DataDome trust-level limit. Full Phase 2 interstitial verification (which real browsers get) lifts the cap to 10+ pages. The unblocker covers the initial SERP fetch and session establishment; scroll pagination trust improvement is a separate initiative.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing:

Event	Price
Per run	$0.005
Per company (search only)	$0.003
Per company (with details)	$0.005

Note: when unblockMode is auto or on, the datadome-session-minter sub-actor is charged separately to your Apify account (see DataDome unblocker section above for cost breakdown).

Notes

• uk.kompass.com URLs are automatically mapped to gb.kompass.com (Kompass redirects uk to gb) and all URLs are fetched over https.
• Detail rows are billed at the detail price only when the company page yielded data (website, phone, email or address). Otherwise the row falls back to the search-result data and the search-result price.
• On PL pages Kompass shows website, phone and VAT only as a paid option, so those fields are mostly empty there.