Czech Company Registry Scraper (ARES, ICO, Officers)

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (officers trimmed to the first 2 of 6 and businessActivities to the first of 2 entries for length; all other values are exactly as returned):

{
  "ico": "24261980",
  "name": "Kofola ČeskoSlovensko a.s.",
  "legalFormCode": "121",
  "vatNumber": "CZ24261980",
  "vatPayer": true,
  "inInsolvency": false,
  "hasTradeLicense": true,
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "foundedDate": "2012-09-12",
  "dissolvedDate": null,
  "address": "Nad Porubkou 2278/31a, Poruba, 70800 Ostrava",
  "city": "Ostrava",
  "postalCode": "70800",
  "street": "Nad Porubkou",
  "region": "Moravskoslezský kraj",
  "district": "Ostrava-město",
  "country": "CZ",
  "deliveryAddress": "Nad Porubkou 2278/31a, Poruba, 70800 Ostrava",
  "naceCodes": ["461", "46900", "47", "620", "6820", "69200", "702", "712", "721", "731", "821"],
  "registrations": {
    "businessRegister": "active",
    "commercialRegister": "active",
    "statisticalRegister": "active",
    "tradeLicenseRegister": "active",
    "vatPayers": "active",
    "insolvencyRegister": "none",
    "debtors": "none",
    "schoolsRegister": "active"
  },
  "financialOffice": "390",
  "lastUpdated": "2025-11-17",
  "registryUrl": "https://ares.gov.cz/ekonomicke-subjekty?ico=24261980",
  "officers": [
    { "name": "JANIS SAMARAS", "type": "person", "role": "předseda představenstva", "since": "2015-09-18", "birthDate": "1971-11-22", "address": "Wintrova 886/17, Kylešovice, 74706 Opava", "citizenship": "CZ", "organ": "Statutární orgán - představenstvo" },
    { "name": "DANIEL BURYŠ", "type": "person", "role": "místopředseda představenstva", "since": "2015-06-17", "birthDate": "1970-01-16", "address": "Bělohorská 1124, 74266 Štramberk", "citizenship": "CZ", "organ": "Statutární orgán - představenstvo" }
  ],
  "businessActivities": ["Zprostředkování obchodu a služeb / Velkoobchod a maloobchod / Poskytování software, poradenství v oblasti informačních technologií ..."],
  "shareholders": null,
  "shareCapital": { "amount": 1114597400, "currency": "KORUNY" },
  "fileNumber": "B 10735/KSOS",
  "aiSummary": "Kofola ČeskoSlovensko a.s. is an active joint-stock company founded in 2012, based in Ostrava, Moravskoslezský kraj. The company is involved in various business activities including wholesale and retail trade, IT consulting, and research and development.",
  "aiRiskFlags": [],
  "aiRiskLevel": "low",
  "aiIndustry": "Wholesale and Retail Trade, Information Technology, and Consulting Services",
  "source": "ARES (Czech Republic company registry)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T07:00:09.635Z"
}

The most complete Czech company registry scraper available. It returns every field ARES exposes for each company, plus statutory officers, registration statuses, share capital and NACE activities, and opt-in AI and contact enrichment, so you can search by company name or ICO and get full KYB detail in one record.

📥 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 looks up Czech companies in the public ARES registry. Each query is either a company name (which runs a registry search) or an 8-digit ICO identifier (which fetches that exact company). It writes one normalized record per company to the run's dataset, including legal form, VAT status, addresses, registration statuses across every ARES sub-register, NACE activity codes, share capital and, when includeOfficers is on, the statutory officers from the public register. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

Optional add-ons enrich each record: a contact email and contact name lookup, an AI company summary, AI KYB risk flags (insolvency, dissolution, ceased registrations, missing officers), and an AI industry classification. All add-ons are off by default and billed only when they succeed.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It looks up two well-known Czech companies with officers and all three AI add-ons.

{
  "queries": ["Kofola", "Budejovicky Budvar"],
  "maxCompanies": 2,
  "includeOfficers": true,
  "withSummary": true,
  "withRiskFlags": true,
  "withIndustry": true
}

Names run a registry search; 8-digit ICO numbers fetch that exact company. Default maxCompanies is 10.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
queries	string[]	no	["Skoda Auto","00177041"]	Czech company names (for example Skoda Auto) or 8-digit ICO identifiers (for example 00177041). Names run a search; ICO numbers fetch that exact company.
maxCompanies	integer	no	10	Maximum company records to collect across all queries.
includeOfficers	boolean	no	true	Also fetch statutory officers (directors and board members) from the public register.
enrichContacts	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. For each result without an email, attempt to find a public business contact email and contact name. Billed per attempt, plus an extra charge only when an email is found.
enrichContactsMax	integer	no	50	Cap how many results the contact add-on tries to enrich. Free Apify accounts are capped at 3.
withSummary	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. AI generates a concise plain-English overview of each company. Billed per successful summary. Disabled on free plans.
withRiskFlags	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. AI surfaces compliance red flags and an overall risk level. Billed per successful analysis. Disabled on free plans.
withIndustry	boolean	no	false	Paid add-on. AI classifies each company into a broad industry sector from its NACE codes. Billed per successful classification. Disabled on free plans.

Output reference

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

Field	Type	Description
ico	string	8-digit Czech company identifier (ICO).
name	string	Registered company name.
legalFormCode	string	Numeric legal form code from ARES.
vatNumber	string	VAT (DIC) number, else null.
vatPayer	boolean	true when the company is a registered VAT payer.
inInsolvency	boolean	true when the company is flagged in insolvency.
hasTradeLicense	boolean	true when a trade license is registered.
status	string	Overall status, for example ACTIVE.
foundedDate	string	Founding date (YYYY-MM-DD), else null.
dissolvedDate	string	Dissolution date, or null if still active.
address	string	Full registered address.
city	string	City.
postalCode	string	Postal code.
street	string	Street name.
region	string	Region (kraj).
district	string	District (okres).
country	string	Country code (CZ).
deliveryAddress	string	Delivery address when published.
naceCodes	string[]	NACE economic activity codes.
registrations	object	Status (active/none) across every ARES sub-register (business, commercial, statistical, trade license, VAT, insolvency, debtors, and more).
financialOffice	string	Financial office code.
lastUpdated	string	Date ARES last updated the record.
registryUrl	string	ARES page URL for the company.
officers	object[]	Statutory officers, each {name, type, role, since, birthDate, address, citizenship, organ}. Present when includeOfficers is on.
businessActivities	string[]	Registered business activity descriptions.
shareholders	object[]	Shareholders when published, else null.
shareCapital	object	{amount, currency} share capital, else null.
fileNumber	string	Court file number of the commercial register entry.
aiSummary	string	AI company summary. null unless withSummary is enabled.
aiRiskFlags	string[]	AI compliance red flags. null unless withRiskFlags is enabled.
aiRiskLevel	string	AI overall risk level. null unless withRiskFlags is enabled.
aiIndustry	string	AI industry classification. null unless withIndustry is enabled.
contactEmail	string	Enriched contact email when enrichContacts is on and one is found, else null.
contactName	string	Enriched contact person name when found, else null.
source	string	Data source label (ARES (Czech Republic company registry)).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	Present only on a failed run, where a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"queries":["Kofola","Budejovicky Budvar"],"maxCompanies":2,"includeOfficers":true,"withSummary":true,"withRiskFlags":true,"withIndustry":true}), with officers trimmed to the first entry for length:

{
  "ico": "24261980",
  "name": "Kofola ČeskoSlovensko a.s.",
  "legalFormCode": "121",
  "vatNumber": "CZ24261980",
  "vatPayer": true,
  "inInsolvency": false,
  "hasTradeLicense": true,
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "foundedDate": "2012-09-12",
  "dissolvedDate": null,
  "address": "Nad Porubkou 2278/31a, Poruba, 70800 Ostrava",
  "city": "Ostrava",
  "region": "Moravskoslezský kraj",
  "district": "Ostrava-město",
  "country": "CZ",
  "naceCodes": ["461", "46900", "47", "620", "6820", "69200", "702"],
  "registryUrl": "https://ares.gov.cz/ekonomicke-subjekty?ico=24261980",
  "officers": [
    { "name": "JANIS SAMARAS", "type": "person", "role": "předseda představenstva", "since": "2015-09-18", "birthDate": "1971-11-22", "address": "Wintrova 886/17, Kylešovice, 74706 Opava", "citizenship": "CZ", "organ": "Statutární orgán - představenstvo" }
  ],
  "shareCapital": { "amount": 1114597400, "currency": "KORUNY" },
  "fileNumber": "B 10735/KSOS",
  "aiSummary": "Kofola ČeskoSlovensko a.s. is an active joint-stock company founded in 2012, based in Ostrava, involved in wholesale and retail trade, IT consulting, and research and development.",
  "aiRiskFlags": [],
  "aiRiskLevel": "low",
  "aiIndustry": "Wholesale and Retail Trade, Information Technology, and Consulting Services",
  "source": "ARES (Czech Republic company registry)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T07:00:09.635Z"
}

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~czech-ares-companies-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["00177041"],"includeOfficers":true}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~czech-ares-companies-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["Skoda Auto","Kofola"],"maxCompanies":50,"withRiskFlags":true}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/czech-ares-companies-scraper \
  --input '{"queries":["Budejovicky Budvar"],"includeOfficers":true}'

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 company returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• Opt-in add-ons. Contact enrichment and the three AI add-ons are billed as separate events only when they run and succeed. Contact enrichment charges per attempt plus an extra charge only when an email is found. All are off by default.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated 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 companies per run, and contact enrichment is capped at 3 attempts. Upgrade for higher limits.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? The company name matched nothing or the ICO was invalid. Check the spelling, try a shorter name, or confirm the 8-digit ICO. Zero-result runs are not charged.

What is the difference between a name query and an ICO query? A name runs a registry search and returns the best matches. An 8-digit ICO fetches that exact company directly.

Why are officers missing? Set includeOfficers to true. Some entities also have no statutory officers listed in the public register.

Why are the AI or contact fields null? Those add-ons are opt-in and only run on paid plans. Enable withSummary, withRiskFlags, withIndustry, or enrichContacts.

What does the registrations object tell me? It shows whether the company is active or none in each ARES sub-register, including insolvency and debtors, which is useful for KYB and compliance checks.

Is this an official ARES tool? No. This actor is independent and reads only data that is publicly available through the ARES registry. Use it in accordance with the ARES terms of use.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with ARES or the Czech government. Accesses only publicly available registry data. Use in accordance with the ARES terms of use.