# French Decision Maker & Email Finder from Domain (SIREN) (`scoutforge/fr-decision-maker-finder`) Actor

Paste French company websites, get the decision maker (CEO, manager, MD) from official SIREN data, with SMTP-verified emails. No API key needed. Built for B2B prospecting, cold email and CRM enrichment. Pay only per decision maker found.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scoutforge/fr-decision-maker-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Scout Forge](https://apify.com/scoutforge) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $30.00 / 1,000 decision maker founds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## French Decision Maker & Email Finder from Domain (SIREN)

[![Run the Actor](https://img.shields.io/badge/▶_FIND_DECISION_MAKERS-Run_now-2ea44f?style=for-the-badge\&labelColor=1a7f37)](https://console.apify.com/actors/scoutforge/fr-decision-maker-finder/input)

**Paste a list of French company websites. Get the decision maker (CEO, manager, managing director, founder) and their SMTP-verified business email.** No API key, no third-party credits: run it and export to CSV, Excel or JSON.

***

### What does it do?

This Actor automates **B2B prospecting in France**. From a simple domain name (`company.fr`), it identifies the company, its decision makers and likely email addresses, then **tests each address against the company's mail server** without sending any message.

Typical use cases:

- **Find the email of a French company's CEO or manager** from its website
- **Build B2B lead lists** (SMEs, tradespeople, agencies, firms, manufacturers)
- **Enrich a CRM, Airtable or Google Sheets** with name, role, SIREN, NAF code, headcount and city
- **Feed cold email sequences** with real decision makers
- **Qualify leads** before a sales call

### How it works

1. **Reliable company matching**: the Actor reads the site's legal notice, extracts the **SIREN** (Luhn-validated) and queries the official French company registry (`recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr`). The company name must match the domain, so homonyms are filtered out.
2. **Decision maker extraction**: President, Manager, Managing Director, Founder, based on the roles you choose.
3. **Email pattern generation**: `first.last@`, `f.last@`, `flast@`, `first@`, `last@`.
4. **SMTP verification**: each address is checked against the company's mail server. No email is ever sent.
5. **Clean, exportable output** with an explicit status for every email.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `domains` | List of domains (`example.fr`). Required. |
| `roles` | Roles to look for. Default: président, gérant, directeur général, dirigeant, fondateur. |
| `maxPerCompany` | Maximum decision makers per company (default 3). |
| `verifyEmails` | Enables SMTP verification (default: on). |

```json
{
  "domains": ["tecwatt.fr", "orange.fr"],
  "maxPerCompany": 2,
  "verifyEmails": true
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "domaine": "tecwatt.fr",
  "entreprise": "TECWATT",
  "siren": "835348053",
  "naf": "43.21A",
  "effectif": "02",
  "ville": "LIMONEST",
  "decideur": { "prenom": "Laurent", "nom": "Dolivet", "fonction": "Président de SAS" },
  "email_valide": null,
  "email_statut": "aucun_pattern_valide",
  "emails_verifies": [
    { "email": "laurent.dolivet@tecwatt.fr", "pattern": "prenom.nom", "statut": "invalide" }
  ],
  "emails_generiques_site": ["contact@tecwatt.fr"]
}
```

#### Email statuses (transparent, no false positives)

| `email_statut` | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `publie_sur_site` | Email found publicly on the company website |
| `verifie_smtp` | Address confirmed by the company's mail server |
| `aucun_pattern_valide` | The server rejects every tested format |
| `catch_all_non_verifiable` | The domain accepts all addresses, so confirmation is impossible |
| `non_verifiable` | Mail server blocks verification (e.g. Google Workspace, Microsoft 365) |
| `domaine_sans_mx` | The domain does not receive email |

### Limits

- **French companies only** (registered in France, with a SIREN).
- Domains hosted on **Google Workspace, Microsoft 365** or configured as **catch-all** cannot be verified address by address. They return `non_verifiable` or `catch_all_non_verifiable`.
- The Actor **never** returns a "valid" email without confirming it.
- Decision maker data comes from official public sources. Comply with **GDPR** and B2B prospecting rules (legitimate interest, right to object) in your campaigns.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **you only pay for each decision maker found** (`decideur-trouve`). Domains with no result are not charged.

### Why this Actor?

- Built for **France**: official company registry and SIREN, no approximate data scraped from social profiles.
- **No API key** and no email verification credits to buy.
- **Honest email statuses**: you know exactly what is verified and what is not.
- Works with **Make, n8n, Zapier, Airtable and Google Sheets** through the Apify API and webhooks.

[![Run the Actor](https://img.shields.io/badge/▶_RUN_THE_ACTOR-Find_my_decision_makers-2ea44f?style=for-the-badge)](https://console.apify.com/actors/scoutforge/french-decision-maker-email-finder/input)

### FAQ

**Can I search by company name or SIREN?**
For now, input is by domain name, the most reliable way to avoid homonyms.

**Are the emails guaranteed?**
A `verifie_smtp` email was accepted by the company's mail server. No verification method offers a 100% guarantee.

**Is any message sent to the decision makers?**
No. The check stops before sending: no email is ever sent.

**Issue or feature request?**
Open a ticket in the *Issues* tab of this Actor.

***

### 🇫🇷 En français

**Trouve le dirigeant et l'email vérifié de n'importe quelle entreprise française à partir de son site web.**

Colle une liste de domaines : l'Actor identifie la société via le SIREN et la base officielle, récupère le dirigeant (PDG, gérant, DG, fondateur), génère les emails probables et les teste en SMTP, sans envoyer aucun message. Aucune clé API, tarification à l'usage : tu ne paies que pour chaque décideur trouvé.

Idéal pour la prospection B2B en France, le cold email et l'enrichissement de CRM. Les domaines sur Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 ou en catch-all ne sont pas vérifiables adresse par adresse : l'Actor l'indique clairement dans `email_statut`.

[![Lancer l'Actor](https://img.shields.io/badge/▶_LANCER_L'ACTOR-Trouver_mes_décideurs-2ea44f?style=for-the-badge)](https://console.apify.com/actors/scoutforge/french-decision-maker-email-finder/input)

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

Websites of French companies (e.g. company.fr). One domain per line, no https://.

## `roles` (type: `array`):

Job titles to keep, matched against the official registry (in French). Leave empty to return all decision makers.

## `maxPerCompany` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of decision makers returned for each company.

## `verifyEmails` (type: `boolean`):

Tests each email address against the company's mail server. No message is ever sent.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "tecwatt.fr"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "président",
    "gérant",
    "directeur général",
    "dirigeant",
    "fondateur"
  ],
  "maxPerCompany": 3,
  "verifyEmails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domains": [
        "tecwatt.fr"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scoutforge/fr-decision-maker-finder").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "domains": ["tecwatt.fr"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scoutforge/fr-decision-maker-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domains": [
    "tecwatt.fr"
  ]
}' |
apify call scoutforge/fr-decision-maker-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scoutforge/fr-decision-maker-finder"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/0rNG4Oby3wDGFPCqB/builds/4jqfqfLxUWXxBAWZc/openapi.json