# Kompass Scraper - Global B2B Company Directory (`santamaria-automations/kompass-scraper`) Actor Scrape company data from Kompass.com, a global B2B directory with 60M+ companies across 70+ countries. Extract names, websites, phone numbers, emails, addresses, employee counts, certifications, and more. - **URL**: https://apify.com/santamaria-automations/kompass-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Alessandro Santamaria](https://apify.com/santamaria-automations) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, AI - **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 company found (search)s This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Kompass Scraper - Global B2B Company Directory Scrape company data from [Kompass.com](https://www.kompass.com), a global B2B directory with 60M+ companies across 70+ countries. ### 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: Paste a search URL 1. Go to any Kompass country site (e.g., [de.kompass.com](https://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 2: Use search query + country Set the **Search Query** (e.g., "software") and **Country** code (e.g., "DE") fields. The scraper builds the URL automatically. #### Input example ```json { "searchUrls": ["https://de.kompass.com/searchCompanies?text=software"], "maxResults": 100, "includeDetails": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "countryCode": "DE" } } ```` #### Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | |-----------|------|-------------| | `searchUrls` | array | Kompass search result URLs | | `searchQuery` | string | Search keyword (alternative to searchUrls) | | `country` | string | ISO country code for domain (default: "DE") | | `maxResults` | integer | Maximum companies to scrape (default: 100) | | `includeDetails` | boolean | Fetch detail pages for full data (default: true) | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings (RESIDENTIAL recommended) | ### Output example ```json { "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"], "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, and more. Highly recommended. - **Include Details = OFF** is faster but only returns name, city, phone, website, and categories from search results. - **RESIDENTIAL proxy with country matching** is recommended. Kompass uses DataDome bot protection which may challenge datacenter IPs. Set `countryCode` in proxy config to match the Kompass domain (e.g., "DE" for de.kompass.com). - 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. ### Known limitations Kompass.com uses DataDome bot protection which requires JavaScript execution for initial challenge solving. The success rate depends on the proxy quality and IP reputation. If you consistently get 0 results, try: 1. Using RESIDENTIAL proxy group with country matching 2. Running at different times of day 3. Reducing `maxResults` to avoid rate limiting ### 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 | ### Technical details - Built in Go with TLS fingerprinting (Chrome profile rotation) - \~12MB Docker image, 128MB RAM - Parses structured JSON-LD data on detail pages (Organization schema) - Extracts phone, website, categories from search result cards (HTML) - Rotates through 5 Chrome TLS profiles with session-based proxy rotation - Handles pagination automatically - Rate-limited to be respectful to the website If something is not working or you're missing a feature or data field, please [open an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/UHpylvipwuOrwQxtk/issues) and we'll look into it. # Actor input Schema ## `searchUrls` (type: `array`): One or more Kompass search result URLs. Works with any country domain (de.kompass.com, fr.kompass.com, gb.kompass.com, etc.). Example: https://de.kompass.com/searchCompanies?text=software ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Search keyword (e.g., 'software', 'engineering', 'metalworking'). Used to build a search URL if searchUrls is empty. ## `country` (type: `string`): ISO country code for the Kompass domain (e.g., 'DE' for de.kompass.com, 'FR' for fr.kompass.com). Only used if searchUrls is empty. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of companies to scrape. ## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Fetch each company's detail page for full address, email, coordinates, employee count, founding year, and more. Slower but much richer data. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify proxy settings. Recommended for Kompass to handle bot protection. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchUrls": [ "https://de.kompass.com/searchCompanies?text=software" ], "country": "DE", "maxResults": 50, "includeDetails": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `companies` (type: `string`): Dataset containing scraped company data # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchUrls": [ "https://de.kompass.com/searchCompanies?text=software" ], "maxResults": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("santamaria-automations/kompass-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchUrls": ["https://de.kompass.com/searchCompanies?text=software"], "maxResults": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("santamaria-automations/kompass-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchUrls": [ "https://de.kompass.com/searchCompanies?text=software" ], "maxResults": 50 }' | apify call santamaria-automations/kompass-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=santamaria-automations/kompass-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Kompass Scraper - Global B2B Company Directory", "description": "Scrape company data from Kompass.com, a global B2B directory with 60M+ companies across 70+ countries. Extract names, websites, phone numbers, emails, addresses, employee counts, certifications, and more.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "X68DyhLj4fpAMhf1B" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/santamaria-automations~kompass-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-santamaria-automations-kompass-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/santamaria-automations~kompass-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-santamaria-automations-kompass-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/santamaria-automations~kompass-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-santamaria-automations-kompass-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchUrls": { "title": "Search URLs", "type": "array", "description": "One or more Kompass search result URLs. Works with any country domain (de.kompass.com, fr.kompass.com, gb.kompass.com, etc.). Example: https://de.kompass.com/searchCompanies?text=software", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Search keyword (e.g., 'software', 'engineering', 'metalworking'). Used to build a search URL if searchUrls is empty." }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "ISO country code for the Kompass domain (e.g., 'DE' for de.kompass.com, 'FR' for fr.kompass.com). Only used if searchUrls is empty.", "default": "DE" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of companies to scrape.", "default": 100 }, "includeDetails": { "title": "Include Full Details", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch each company's detail page for full address, email, coordinates, employee count, founding year, and more. Slower but much richer data.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify proxy settings. Recommended for Kompass to handle bot protection.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```