Zefix.ch Scraper - Swiss Commercial Register

Scrape the Swiss company register (Handelsregister) from Zefix (Zentraler Firmenindex), the official Swiss central business name index operated by the Federal Office of Justice. Search by name, canton or legal form and export UID, address, purpose and SOGC date as JSON, CSV or Excel. No login required.

What is Zefix?

Zefix is the official Swiss government portal that provides access to the central business name index. It aggregates data from all 26 cantonal commercial registers into a single searchable database. The data is authoritative and legally binding.

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/zefix-ch-scraper

Example prompt once connected:

"Use zefix-ch-scraper to scrape company data from zefix ch. 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 can you extract?

For each company, the scraper extracts:

Field	Description
uid	Swiss company UID (CHE-xxx.xxx.xxx format)
name	Official registered company name
legal_form	Legal form (AG, GmbH, Verein, Stiftung, etc.)
legal_seat	Registered seat (municipality)
canton	Canton code (ZH, BE, GE, etc.)
status	Company status (active, deleted, in_liquidation, etc.)
purpose	Official company purpose text
address	Registered address
postal_code	Swiss postal code
city	City
sogc_date	Date of last SOGC (Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce) publication
register_office	Cantonal register office name
registry_href	Direct link to cantonal registry entry
source_url	Zefix or cantonal excerpt URL
source_platform	Always "zefix.ch"
scraped_at	ISO 8601 timestamp

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchUrls	array	-	Zefix search URLs with parameters
searchQuery	string	-	Company name or keyword to search
canton	string	-	Filter by canton (ZH, BE, GE, etc. or full name)
legalForm	string	-	Filter by legal form (AG, GmbH, Verein, etc.)
activeOnly	boolean	true	Only active companies
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum results (1-2000)

Example input

{
  "searchQuery": "software",
  "canton": "ZH",
  "legalForm": "AG",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output example

{
  "uid": "CHE-123.456.789",
  "name": "Example Software AG",
  "legal_form": "Aktiengesellschaft",
  "legal_seat": "Zürich",
  "canton": "ZH",
  "status": "Active",
  "purpose": "Entwicklung und Vertrieb von Software",
  "address": "Beispielstrasse 1",
  "postal_code": "8001",
  "city": "Zürich",
  "sogc_date": "2026-03-15",
  "source_url": "https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list/firm/CHE-123.456.789",
  "source_platform": "zefix.ch",
  "scraped_at": "2026-04-20T08:00:00Z"
}

Values are illustrative. Fields the register does not provide are returned as null.

Search URL format

You can also provide Zefix search URLs directly:

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.zefix.ch/en/search/entity/list?name=consulting&searchType=exact&canton=BE"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}

Canton codes

All 26 Swiss cantons are supported: AG, AI, AR, BE, BL, BS, FR, GE, GL, GR, JU, LU, NE, NW, OW, SG, SH, SO, SZ, TG, TI, UR, VD, VS, ZG, ZH

You can use either the 2-letter code or the full name (in German, French, or English).

Legal forms

Common legal forms: AG (Aktiengesellschaft/SA), GmbH (SARL), Einzelunternehmen, Kollektivgesellschaft, Kommanditgesellschaft, Genossenschaft, Verein, Stiftung, Zweigniederlassung

Pricing

Event	Price
directory-serp-result	$0.002 per company
directory-detail-result	$0.005 per detail fetch

FAQ

Do I need a proxy or a login? No login is needed. The proxyConfiguration input is no longer used; the actor handles connectivity itself.

How many companies can I get per run? Up to 2000 per run (maxResults, default 100). Run several searches, for example one per canton, for larger exports.

How fresh is the data? Each run queries Zefix live, so results reflect the register at run time. The sogc_date field shows the last SOGC publication date.

Can I include deleted or liquidating companies? Yes. Set activeOnly to false; the default is true.

Data source

All data comes from the official Swiss Federal Office of Justice via the Zefix portal. This is authoritative government data from the Swiss commercial register system.

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Legal notice

This scraper accesses publicly available data from the Swiss commercial register. The data is published by the Swiss Federal Office of Justice for public information purposes. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws when using the extracted data.

Data protection

This actor returns only data that is publicly visible on the source pages. Results can include personal data, such as names, phone numbers, email addresses and addresses of private persons, sole traders or contact persons. Where the source labels an entry type, it is included so you can filter the results yourself.

You are responsible for using the data lawfully, including the GDPR/DSGVO, national data-protection laws and unfair-competition rules (e.g. UWG) for marketing and outreach.