WKO Firmen Austrian Business Directory Scraper

WKO Firmen Austrian Business Directory Scraper

Scrapes business listings from firmen.wko.at — Austria's official WKO business directory — and returns structured JSON with company names, contact details, addresses, and full profile data including social links and opening hours.

• No account or login required
• Covers all 9 Austrian federal states (Bundesländer)
• Scrapes both listing pages and full company profile pages
• Extracts phones, emails, websites, addresses, social links, and opening hours
• Automatic "Load More" pagination — gets all results, not just the first page
• Built-in deduplication — no duplicate company records
• Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel

What data does it extract?

Each result contains:

Company info: company name, WKO profile link, contact name/title

Contact details: phone numbers (array), email address, company website URL

Address: full address string, street, place, ZIP code, city

Profile details: description/about text, social media links (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.), opening hours, WKO categories, company registration number (where available)

Meta: source listing URL, profile page URL, page number, scraped timestamp

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Use cases

• Lead generation: Build targeted B2B contact lists from Austrian businesses by industry and region
• Market research: Analyze the Austrian business landscape — which industries are active in which regions
• Sales prospecting: Find roofers, plumbers, lawyers, or any trade in any Austrian state with full contact info
• Data enrichment: Append verified Austrian company contact data to existing CRM records
• Competitive intelligence: Monitor businesses in your industry across Austrian regions
• Directory building: Create niche business directories for Austrian market verticals

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How to use

1. Click Try for free above
2. In the Input tab, paste one or more firmen.wko.at directory URLs — one per line
3. Set Max Concurrency (default 3 is fine for most runs)
4. Click Start and wait for the run to complete (typically 1–5 minutes per 100 companies)
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Output tab

URL format: https://firmen.wko.at/{industry}/{region} — for example:

• https://firmen.wko.at/dachdecker/wien → roofers in Vienna
• https://firmen.wko.at/rechtsanwaelte/salzburg → lawyers in Salzburg
• https://firmen.wko.at/elektriker/tirol → electricians in Tyrol

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	Array of URLs	Yes	https://firmen.wko.at/dachdecker/salzburg	One or more firmen.wko.at directory or search URLs to scrape
maxConcurrency	Integer	No	3	Number of pages processed in parallel. Range: 1–20.
proxy	Object	No	Apify automatic proxy	Proxy configuration. Leave as default for best reliability.

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Output example

{
  "companyName": "Muster Dachdecker GmbH",
  "companyLink": "https://firmen.wko.at/muster-dachdecker-gmbh/salzburg/?firmaid=abc123",
  "name": "Max Mustermann",
  "phones": ["+43 662 123456", "+43 664 9876543"],
  "email": "office@muster-dachdecker.at",
  "url": "https://www.muster-dachdecker.at",
  "fullAddress": "Mustergasse 12 5020 Salzburg",
  "street": "Mustergasse 12",
  "place": "5020 Salzburg",
  "zip": "5020",
  "city": "Salzburg",
  "pageUrl": "https://firmen.wko.at/dachdecker/salzburg",
  "pageNumber": 1,
  "description": "Ihr zuverlässiger Dachdecker in Salzburg seit 1985.",
  "socialLinks": ["https://www.facebook.com/musterdachdecker"],
  "registrationNumber": "FN 123456a",
  "openingHours": ["Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00"],
  "categories": ["Dachdecker", "Spengler"],
  "profilePageUrl": "https://firmen.wko.at/muster-dachdecker-gmbh/salzburg/?firmaid=abc123",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-10-12T10:41:58.055Z"
}

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Pricing

This Actor is free to use — you only pay for Apify platform compute time and proxy usage.

A typical run scraping 100 company profiles costs approximately $0.05–$0.15 in Apify platform credits.

New Apify accounts receive $5 in free credits — enough for several hundred company records.

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Technical notes

• No account needed: This Actor does not require a WKO login or cookies. A consent cookie is set automatically to bypass the cookie banner.
• Proxies: The Actor uses Apify's automatic proxy by default. For large-volume runs, residential proxies are recommended.
• Pagination: The scraper automatically clicks the "Mehr laden" (Load More) button until all results are loaded.
• Profile pages: After scraping all listing results, the Actor follows each company's WKO profile link for additional data. This doubles the requests but significantly enriches the output.
• Rate limits: firmen.wko.at is a public directory — rate limiting is rarely an issue for normal runs. Keep maxConcurrency at 3–5 for safe operation.
• Data availability: Not all companies have emails, websites, or social links. Missing fields are omitted or returned as null.

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Support

Have questions or found a bug? Reach out:

• Email: ScrapySpider@protonmail.com
• Website: ScrapySpider.com
• Apify: Open a support issue on this Actor page
• Response time: Within 24–48 hours on weekdays