Singapore ACRA Company Registry Scraper

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

{
  "uen": "196800306E",
  "entityName": "DBS BANK LTD.",
  "entityStatus": "Live Company",
  "entityType": "Local Company",
  "businessConstitution": null,
  "companyType": "Public Company Limited by Shares",
  "registrationIncorporationDate": "1968-07-16",
  "uenIssueDate": "1968-07-16",
  "address": "12, MARINA BOULEVARD, MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE, Singapore 018982",
  "addressType": "LOCAL",
  "block": "12",
  "streetName": "MARINA BOULEVARD",
  "floorUnit": null,
  "buildingName": "MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE",
  "otherAddressLines": null,
  "postalCode": "018982",
  "isActive": true,
  "entityAgeYears": 58,
  "pafConstitution": null,
  "primarySsicCode": "64120",
  "primarySsicDescription": null,
  "primaryActivity": null,
  "secondarySsicCode": null,
  "secondarySsicDescription": null,
  "secondaryActivity": null,
  "noOfOfficers": 102,
  "accountDueDate": "2027-07-31",
  "annualReturnDate": "2026-06-03",
  "formerNames": ["THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE"],
  "auditFirms": null,
  "issuanceAgency": "ACRA",
  "source": "ACRA corporate entities (data.gov.sg)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:40:23.029Z"
}

The most complete Singapore ACRA registry scraper available. It returns every field the official corporate register exposes for each entity, from UEN, status and incorporation date to the parsed registered address, SSIC industry codes, officer count, former names and audit firms, plus derived fields like entity age, so you get clean KYB data on any Singapore company or business in one run.

📥 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 reads the official ACRA corporate entities register published on data.gov.sg, matches entities by company name keyword or UEN, applies any status, type and SSIC filters, and writes one normalized record per entity to the run's dataset. Each record carries the UEN, entity name, status and type, incorporation date, the registered address parsed into block, street, floor/unit, building and postal code, the primary and secondary SSIC industry codes and descriptions, officer count, former names and audit firms, plus derived fields such as isActive and entityAgeYears.

The register is split into one file per entity-name initial. By default the actor picks the file matching your search term for a fast lookup; enable Scan the whole register to search every initial. Missing source values are returned as null and lists as empty arrays, never invented.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It looks up companies matching DBS.

{
  "searchQuery": "DBS",
  "maxCompanies": 10
}

To pull every company in one industry, filter by SSIC code and scan the whole register:

{
  "ssicCode": "64202",
  "entityStatus": "Live Company",
  "scanAllInitials": true,
  "maxCompanies": 500
}

Every field is optional. With an empty input the actor lists entities from the default initial file.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	no	DBS	Company/business name keyword or a UEN, for example DBS or 198600294G. Full-text match across each record.
nameInitial	enum	no	Auto	Which entity-name initial file to read. Auto uses the first letter of the search term. Pick a letter to browse it, or Others for names starting with a number or symbol.
scanAllInitials	boolean	no	false	When on, searches every initial file A to Z plus Others. Thorough but slower because the open-data portal rate-limits anonymous requests.
entityStatus	string	no	(any)	Exact match on registration status, for example Live Company, Registered, Struck Off.
entityType	string	no	(any)	Exact match on entity type, for example Local Company, Sole Proprietorship/ Partnership.
ssicCode	string	no	(any)	Exact match on the primary SSIC industry code, for example 64202.
maxCompanies	integer	no	10	Maximum number of entities to collect. Range 1 to 1000000. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.

Output reference

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

Field	Type	Description
uen	string	Unique Entity Number (unique per entity).
entityName	string	Registered entity name.
entityStatus	string	Registration status, for example Live Company.
entityType	string	Entity type, for example Local Company.
businessConstitution	string	Business constitution, or null.
companyType	string	Company type, for example Public Company Limited by Shares.
registrationIncorporationDate	string	Registration or incorporation date (YYYY-MM-DD).
uenIssueDate	string	Date the UEN was issued (YYYY-MM-DD).
address	string	Full registered address, single line.
addressType	string	Address type, for example LOCAL.
block	string	Block or house number, or null.
streetName	string	Street name, or null.
floorUnit	string	Floor and unit, or null.
buildingName	string	Building name, or null.
otherAddressLines	string	Extra address lines, or null.
postalCode	string	Postal code.
isActive	boolean	true when the entity status is a live/active one.
entityAgeYears	integer	Whole years since incorporation.
pafConstitution	string	PAF constitution, or null.
primarySsicCode	string	Primary SSIC industry code.
primarySsicDescription	string	Primary SSIC description, or null.
primaryActivity	string	Primary activity text, or null.
secondarySsicCode	string	Secondary SSIC code, or null.
secondarySsicDescription	string	Secondary SSIC description, or null.
secondaryActivity	string	Secondary activity text, or null.
noOfOfficers	integer	Number of registered officers.
accountDueDate	string	Next accounts due date (YYYY-MM-DD), or null.
annualReturnDate	string	Last annual return date (YYYY-MM-DD), or null.
formerNames	string[]	Previous registered names, or null.
auditFirms	string[]	Registered audit firms, or null.
issuanceAgency	string	Agency that issued the UEN, for example ACRA.
source	string	Always ACRA corporate entities (data.gov.sg).
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"searchQuery": "DBS", "maxCompanies": 10}), a dissolved entity:

{
  "uen": "197700546G",
  "entityName": "DBS PTE. LTD.",
  "entityStatus": "Dissolved - Members Voluntary Winding Up",
  "entityType": "Local Company",
  "businessConstitution": null,
  "companyType": "Private Company Limited by Shares",
  "registrationIncorporationDate": "1977-03-17",
  "uenIssueDate": "1977-03-17",
  "address": "6, SHENTON WAY, OUE DOWNTOWN, Singapore 068809",
  "addressType": "LOCAL",
  "block": "6",
  "streetName": "SHENTON WAY",
  "floorUnit": null,
  "buildingName": "OUE DOWNTOWN",
  "otherAddressLines": null,
  "postalCode": "068809",
  "isActive": false,
  "entityAgeYears": 49,
  "pafConstitution": null,
  "primarySsicCode": "64201",
  "primarySsicDescription": "HOLDING COMPANIES",
  "primaryActivity": null,
  "secondarySsicCode": null,
  "secondarySsicDescription": "HOLDING COMPANIES",
  "secondaryActivity": null,
  "noOfOfficers": 19,
  "accountDueDate": "2001-07-31",
  "annualReturnDate": "2000-03-30",
  "formerNames": null,
  "auditFirms": null,
  "issuanceAgency": "ACRA",
  "source": "ACRA corporate entities (data.gov.sg)",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:40:23.030Z"
}

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~singapore-acra-entities-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQuery":"DBS","maxCompanies":25}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~singapore-acra-entities-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ssicCode":"64202","entityStatus":"Live Company","scanAllInitials":true,"maxCompanies":500}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/singapore-acra-entities-scraper \
  --input '{"searchQuery":"198600294G"}'

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 entity returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor 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. Upgrade for higher maxCompanies.
• Source rate limits. The data.gov.sg open-data portal rate-limits anonymous requests, so whole-register scans (scanAllInitials) run slower than a single-file lookup.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 companies. Why? The keyword or filters matched nothing in the initial file that was read. Try scanAllInitials, loosen the filters, or confirm the UEN. Zero-result runs are not charged.

How do I search the whole register, not just one letter? Enable scanAllInitials. By default the actor reads only the initial file matching your search term for speed.

Why is primarySsicDescription or auditFirms null? Not every entity has that value published in the open dataset. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

How do I pull every company in one industry? Set ssicCode to the primary SSIC code and enable scanAllInitials. Add entityStatus to keep only live companies.

Is this an official ACRA tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with ACRA or the government of Singapore. It reads only the publicly available open dataset on data.gov.sg. Use it in accordance with the data.gov.sg terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with ACRA or the government of Singapore. Accesses only the publicly available open dataset on data.gov.sg. Use in accordance with the data.gov.sg terms of service.