# Danish Company Lookup (CVR) (`scrapeworks/danish-company-lookup-cvr`) Actor Look up Danish companies in the official CVR register by number, name, phone, email, domain, or address. Get status, type, industry, employees, address, and the advertising-protection flag as clean JSON. No API key. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeworks/danish-company-lookup-cvr.md - **Developed by:** [Nicolas van Arkens](https://apify.com/scrapeworks) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Other - **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Danish Company Lookup (CVR) Look up Danish companies in the official **Central Business Register (CVR)** and get clean, structured JSON — by CVR number, company name, phone, email, email domain, or address. No API key required. CVR is Denmark's authoritative business register, covering 700,000+ active companies. This actor returns the core registry data for each match: legal name, status, company type, industry code, employees, founding date, address, contact details, production units, and — importantly — the **advertising-protection (reklamebeskyttelse) flag**. ### What it's for - **KYB / due diligence** — verify a Danish company's identity, status, and registration. - **B2B prospecting & enrichment** — turn a list of CVR numbers or names into full company records (see the legal note below before any marketing use). - **Reverse lookup** — find companies by phone, email, email domain, or address. - **Research & datasets** — pull structured Danish company data in bulk. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `queries` | array | CVR numbers, names, phones, emails, domains, or addresses. | | `searchBy` | select | `auto`, `cvrNumber`, `name`, `fuzzyName`, `phone`, `email`, `emailDomain`, `address`. | | `postalCode` | string | Optional 4-digit code to narrow an address search. | | `excludeProtected` | boolean | Drop advertising-protected companies (for marketing lists). | | `maxItems` | integer | Cap on records returned. | ### Output One record per company: ```json { "cvrNumber": 24256790, "name": "NOVO NORDISK A/S", "status": "NORMAL", "bankrupt": false, "protected": false, "companyType": "Aktieselskab", "companyTypeShort": "A/S", "industryCode": 211000, "industryDesc": "Fremstilling af farmaceutiske råvarer", "employees": "5000+", "startDate": "1931-12-01", "address": "Novo Alle 1", "zipcode": 2880, "city": "Bagsværd", "phone": "44448888", "website": "novonordisk.com", "productionUnitCount": 2, "searchBy": "cvrNumber" } ```` ### ⚠️ Advertising protection (reklamebeskyttelse) — please read Some Danish companies opt out of marketing contact. Each record includes a `protected` flag, but **be aware the upstream data source often does not populate this field, in which case it returns `null` (unknown) rather than `true`/`false`.** Do not treat `null` as "safe to contact." Under the Danish CVR Act (§ 19 and § 22), you **must not** use the data of advertising-protected companies for direct marketing (calls, targeted mail, etc.), and you must mark them as protected if you pass the data to a third party. The `excludeProtected` option is conservative: it removes both protected companies and those with an unknown flag, leaving only confirmed-contactable ones. For any marketing use, verify protection status directly at datacvr.virk.dk. You are responsible for complying with these rules. ### Notes - Data is sourced via the free, open-source apicvr.dk service, which proxies the official Erhvervsstyrelsen CVR register. As with any third-party dependency, availability is not guaranteed. - Independent tool, not affiliated with Erhvervsstyrelsen or the Danish Business Authority. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): One or more search terms. With searchBy = auto, an 8-digit value is treated as a CVR number and anything else as a company name. For phone/email/address modes, enter the matching value. ## `searchBy` (type: `string`): How to interpret each query. `auto` detects CVR numbers vs. names. Other modes do reverse lookups by phone, email, email domain, or address. ## `postalCode` (type: `string`): Optional 4-digit Danish postal code to narrow an address search. Only used when searchBy = address. ## `excludeProtected` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, drops companies flagged with advertising protection (reklamebeskyttelse) AND companies where the flag is unknown, so only confirmed-contactable companies remain. Use this for marketing or outreach lists. See the README for your legal obligations under the CVR Act. ## `exactName` (type: `boolean`): Only applies to name search. By default the legal form (A/S, ApS, K/S, etc.) is stripped so a search returns the whole company family. Enable this to keep the full name for a narrower match. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of company records to return across all queries. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "Novo Nordisk A/S", "25313763" ], "searchBy": "auto", "excludeProtected": false, "exactName": false, "maxItems": 100 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "Novo Nordisk A/S", "25313763" ], "maxItems": 100 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrapeworks/danish-company-lookup-cvr").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": [ "Novo Nordisk A/S", "25313763", ], "maxItems": 100, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrapeworks/danish-company-lookup-cvr").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "queries": [ "Novo Nordisk A/S", "25313763" ], "maxItems": 100 }' | apify call scrapeworks/danish-company-lookup-cvr --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapeworks/danish-company-lookup-cvr", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Danish Company Lookup (CVR)", "description": "Look up Danish companies in the official CVR register by number, name, phone, email, domain, or address. Get status, type, industry, employees, address, and the advertising-protection flag as clean JSON. No API key.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "bjkr5APKmLDrVDcmb" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scrapeworks~danish-company-lookup-cvr/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapeworks-danish-company-lookup-cvr", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/scrapeworks~danish-company-lookup-cvr/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapeworks-danish-company-lookup-cvr", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/scrapeworks~danish-company-lookup-cvr/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scrapeworks-danish-company-lookup-cvr", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "queries": { "title": "Queries", "type": "array", "description": "One or more search terms. With searchBy = auto, an 8-digit value is treated as a CVR number and anything else as a company name. For phone/email/address modes, enter the matching value.", "default": [ "Novo Nordisk A/S" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchBy": { "title": "Search by", "enum": [ "auto", "cvrNumber", "name", "fuzzyName", "phone", "email", "emailDomain", "address" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to interpret each query. `auto` detects CVR numbers vs. names. Other modes do reverse lookups by phone, email, email domain, or address.", "default": "auto" }, "postalCode": { "title": "Postal code (address mode)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional 4-digit Danish postal code to narrow an address search. Only used when searchBy = address." }, "excludeProtected": { "title": "Exclude advertising-protected companies", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, drops companies flagged with advertising protection (reklamebeskyttelse) AND companies where the flag is unknown, so only confirmed-contactable companies remain. Use this for marketing or outreach lists. See the README for your legal obligations under the CVR Act.", "default": false }, "exactName": { "title": "Exact name match", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only applies to name search. By default the legal form (A/S, ApS, K/S, etc.) is stripped so a search returns the whole company family. Enable this to keep the full name for a narrower match.", "default": false }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum companies", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of company records to return across all queries.", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```