Australia ASIC Registers Scraper (Banned, Auditors, Licensees)

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "register": "Banned & Disqualified Persons",
  "name": "ABBOTT, BILL",
  "registerNumber": "#004289112",
  "acnAbn": null,
  "roleOrType": "Banned Securities",
  "status": null,
  "startDate": "1994-03-29",
  "endDate": "1999-03-29",
  "suspendedDate": null,
  "locality": "TEMPLESTOWE LOWER",
  "state": "VIC",
  "postcode": "3107",
  "country": "AUSTRALIA",
  "licenceName": null,
  "licenceNumber": null,
  "firm": null,
  "authorisations": null,
  "comments": "No comment made",
  "url": null,
  "fullAddress": "TEMPLESTOWE LOWER, VIC, 3107, AUSTRALIA",
  "active": false,
  "aiCompanySummary": "Bill Abbott is a person who was banned from participating in securities activities in Australia from March 29, 1994, to March 29, 1999. He is currently listed as inactive on the Banned & Disqualified Persons register.",
  "aiRiskFlags": ["banned/disqualified"],
  "aiRiskLevel": "high",
  "aiIndustry": "Securities and Commodities Exchanges",
  "aiIndustryCode": "5231",
  "source": "ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T06:31:06.432Z"
}

The most complete ASIC registers scraper available. It covers nine ASIC registers with one normalized schema, returns every field each register exposes plus a derived full address and active flag, and gives you eleven filters (name, identifier, state, status, locality, postcode, date range, active-only) plus three optional AI enrichment add-ons.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor searches or browses the public ASIC professional registers and writes one normalized record per entry. Pick one of nine registers (banned and disqualified persons or organisations, registered auditors, registered liquidators, AFS licensees, credit licensees, financial advisers, AFS authorised representatives, credit representatives), then search by name, look up exact identifier numbers, or browse the whole register. Post-filters narrow results by state, status, locality, postcode, start-date range, and active-only. Every register maps into the same field set so you can combine them, and derived fields (fullAddress, active) are computed on top of the raw ASIC values.

Three optional AI add-ons (paid Apify plans only, off by default) enrich each record from its own ASIC data: a plain-English entity summary, KYB/compliance risk flags, and a normalized industry classification. Each add-on is billed only when it returns usable output.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the first 10 banned or disqualified persons named SMITH.

{
  "register": "bannedPersons",
  "searchNames": ["SMITH"],
  "maxRecords": 10
}

Leave searchNames empty to browse the whole register. Change register to any of the nine supported registers. All filter fields are optional.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
register	enum	no	bannedPersons	Which ASIC register to search or browse. One of bannedPersons, bannedOrganisations, auditors, liquidators, afsLicensees, creditLicensees, financialAdvisers, afsAuthorisedReps, creditReps.
searchNames	string[]	no	(empty)	One or more person or company names to search, for example SMITH, ACME CAPITAL. Empty browses the whole register. One run does every name.
identifierNumbers	string[]	no	(empty)	Exact register numbers to look up: ACN, AFS licence, credit licence, auditor/liquidator, adviser, or representative number, depending on the register.
state	enum	no	(all)	Restrict to an Australian state or territory: NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT. Applies to registers that carry an address.
status	string	no	(any)	Filter by registration status, for example Registered, Current, Ceased, on registers that carry a status field.
locality	string	no	(empty)	Keep only records whose locality/suburb contains this text (case-insensitive).
postcode	string	no	(empty)	Keep only records with this exact postcode.
startDateFrom	string	no	(empty)	Keep records whose start/effective date is on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
startDateTo	string	no	(empty)	Keep records whose start/effective date is on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
onlyActive	boolean	no	false	Keep only records that appear active/current (no end or suspended date, status not ceased/cancelled/expired).
maxRecords	integer	no	50	Maximum number of records to collect (1 to 1000000).
withAiCompanySummary	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Plain-English summary of each entity from its ASIC record. Requires a paid Apify plan. Billed only when a summary is produced.
withAiRiskFlags	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. KYB/compliance red flags (banned, suspended, cancelled, enforcement comments). Requires a paid Apify plan. Billed only when flags are produced.
withAiIndustry	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. Normalized industry classification with an ANZSIC/NAICS-style tag. Requires a paid Apify plan. Billed only when a classification is produced.

Filters combine with logical AND. Fields that a given register does not carry are returned as null.

Output reference

One dataset item per register entry. Types: string, boolean, string[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
register	string	Human-readable register name, for example Banned & Disqualified Persons, AFS Licensees.
name	string	Person or entity name as listed.
registerNumber	string	The register-specific identifier for the entry.
acnAbn	string	ACN or ABN when the register carries one, else null.
roleOrType	string	Role, ban type, or entry type, for example Banned Securities.
status	string	Registration status when the register carries one, else null.
startDate	string	Start/effective date (YYYY-MM-DD).
endDate	string	End date (YYYY-MM-DD), or null if none.
suspendedDate	string	Suspension date (YYYY-MM-DD), or null.
locality	string	Locality or suburb of the listed address.
state	string	State or territory code.
postcode	string	Postcode of the listed address.
country	string	Country of the listed address.
licenceName	string	Licence holder name when applicable, else null.
licenceNumber	string	Licence number when applicable, else null.
firm	string	Associated firm when applicable, else null.
authorisations	string	Licence authorisations text (financial-services registers), else null.
comments	string	Free-text comments/enforcement notes on the entry, else null.
url	string	Source detail page URL when available, else null.
fullAddress	string	Single-line address assembled from locality, state, postcode, and country.
active	boolean	true when the entry appears active/current, false when ceased/expired/suspended, null when the register has no status signal.
aiCompanySummary	string	Plain-English entity summary. Populated only when the AI summary add-on is on, else null.
aiRiskFlags	string[]	KYB/compliance red flags. Populated only when the AI risk add-on is on, else null. Empty array means no flags.
aiRiskLevel	string	Overall risk level low, medium, or high from the AI risk add-on, else null.
aiIndustry	string	Normalized industry label from the AI industry add-on, else null.
aiIndustryCode	string	Closest ANZSIC/NAICS-style code from the AI industry add-on, else null.
source	string	Data source label. Always ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.

A failed run writes a single item with an error field and is not charged.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"register":"afsLicensees","maxRecords":2,"withAiCompanySummary":true,"withAiRiskFlags":true,"withAiIndustry":true}):

{
  "register": "AFS Licensees",
  "name": "IPIB PTY LTD",
  "registerNumber": "218600",
  "acnAbn": "85007186003",
  "roleOrType": null,
  "status": null,
  "startDate": "2002-05-02",
  "endDate": null,
  "suspendedDate": null,
  "locality": "SOUTHBANK",
  "state": "VIC",
  "postcode": "3006",
  "country": "Australia",
  "licenceName": null,
  "licenceNumber": null,
  "firm": null,
  "authorisations": "\"This licence authorises the licensee to carry on a financial services business to:\"~\"(a) provide financial product advice for the following classes of financial products:\"~\"(i) general insurance products; and\"~\"(b) deal in a financial product by:\"~\"(i) applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product on behalf of another person in respect of the following classes of products:\"~\"(A) general insurance products;\"~\"to retail and wholesale clients.\"",
  "comments": null,
  "url": null,
  "fullAddress": "SOUTHBANK, VIC, 3006, Australia",
  "active": null,
  "aiCompanySummary": "IPIB PTY LTD is an Australian financial services licensee authorized to provide financial product advice and deal in general insurance products for both retail and wholesale clients. The company has been registered since May 2, 2002, and is located in Southbank, Victoria.",
  "aiRiskFlags": [],
  "aiRiskLevel": "low",
  "aiIndustry": "Financial Services",
  "aiIndustryCode": "5241",
  "source": "ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T06:31:39.421Z"
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~australia-asic-registers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"register":"bannedPersons","searchNames":["SMITH"],"maxRecords":10}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~australia-asic-registers-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"register":"afsLicensees","state":"VIC","onlyActive":true,"maxRecords":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/australia-asic-registers-scraper \
  --input '{"register":"auditors","searchNames":["SMITH"]}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per register entry returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• AI add-ons billed separately. Each enabled AI add-on (ai_company_summary, ai_risk_flags, ai_industry) is charged per record only when it returns usable output, and only on paid Apify plans.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with an error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run and cannot use the AI add-ons. Upgrade for higher maxRecords and enrichment.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? The register plus filter combination matched nothing. Remove a filter (for example state or the date range), widen the name search, or browse the register with empty searchNames. Zero-result runs are not charged.

Which registers are covered? Nine: banned and disqualified persons, banned and disqualified organisations, registered auditors, registered liquidators, AFS licensees, credit licensees, financial advisers, AFS authorised representatives, and credit representatives. All map to the same output schema.

Why are so many fields null on some records? Each ASIC register carries different columns. A field a given register does not publish (for example authorisations on the banned-persons register) is returned as null, never invented.

Why is active null? That register carries no status/end-date signal, so the actor cannot decide activity and returns null. Registers with status or end dates return true or false.

Why are the AI fields null? The AI add-ons are off by default and require a paid Apify plan. Turn on withAiCompanySummary, withAiRiskFlags, or withAiIndustry on a paid plan to populate them.

Is this an official government tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with ASIC. It reads only data that is publicly available on the ASIC registers. Use it in accordance with the source terms of use.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with ASIC. Accesses only publicly available ASIC register data. Use in accordance with the source terms of use.