# Cheapest Europages Scraper (`serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-europages-scraper`) Actor Scrape Europages (the EU B2B company directory, 3M+ companies) at the lowest price per result: company search and full profiles — name, address, phone, VAT id, email, named contacts, homepage, employees, certifications and products. Pay per result, no start fee, no subscription. - **URL**: https://apify.com/serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-europages-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [serp.cheap](https://apify.com/serp.cheap.ofc) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Other, Integrations - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.50 / 1,000 company searches This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## Cheapest Europages Scraper — EU B2B company search & lead data ### The price you see is the price you pay Scrape **Europages** — Europe's largest B2B company directory (**3M+ companies**) — at a low, honest **pay-per-result** price. **No start fee, no subscription, no metered surprises.** Extract **company search results** and **full company profiles** including postal address, phone, **VAT id**, email, **named contacts with their own emails and phone numbers**, website, employee count, founding year, certifications and the company's product portfolio. Perfect for **B2B lead generation, sales prospecting, supplier sourcing and market research** — the data Europages exposes per company is unusually rich for a public directory. ### What you can scrape | Mode | What you get | |------|--------------| | 🔍 `search` | Company cards for any industry/product term: name, address (street, city, zip, country), phone, homepage, employee count, founding year, distribution area, supplier types, product count, logo and a profile URL. 30 companies per page, multiple pages. | | 🏢 `company` | Full profile for specific companies: everything above **plus VAT id, company email, named contact people (first/last name, role, email, phone), certifications, main business area, latitude/longitude and the product portfolio**. | | 🩺 `selftest` | Validates both endpoints above, free. Schedule it as a health check. | ### Why this one - 💰 **Pure pay-per-result** — a flat price per company with **no start fee** and **no subscription**. We absorb the Apify compute/proxy cost instead of billing it on top, so the per-result price **is** the whole bill. - 🧠 **Clean, typed data** — fields come back structured and consistent (no guessing at CSS selectors that break weekly). - 🧾 **Real lead data** — profiles carry VAT ids, direct emails and **named contacts with their own phone/email**, exactly what sales and sourcing teams need. - 🧱 **No login, no cookies** — only public pages. The default Apify proxy works — no residential proxy needed. - 🩺 **Self-monitoring** — every run validates both endpoints' output shape, so breakages are caught and fixed fast. ### Example input Search companies for an industry/product term: ```json { "mode": "search", "query": "cnc machining", "searchPages": 2, "maxItems": 60 } ```` Full profiles for specific companies (profile URLs or bare slugs — the URLs returned by `search` work directly): ```json { "mode": "company", "companyUrls": [ "https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/center-shqiptare-italia-22327426" ] } ``` ### Output Results are written to the default dataset, one record per company. The `search` view and `company` view (see the run's **Output** tab) each show the most useful columns; the raw JSON below is the full record. #### `search` — one record per company card ```json { "query": "cnc machining", "companyId": 22340418, "name": "TECHNILUB", "slug": "technilub-22340418", "url": "https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/technilub-22340418", "phone": "+33557260110", "homepage": "https://www.technilub.fr", "street": "…", "city": "MERIGNAC", "zipcode": "33700", "countryCode": "FR", "latitude": 44.83, "longitude": -0.65, "foundingYear": 1985, "employeeCount": "10-49", "distributionArea": "world", "supplierTypes": ["distributor"], "productCount": 350, "logoUrl": "https://…/logo.jpeg", "images": ["https://…", "…"] } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `companyId` | number | Europages company id | | `name` | string | Company name | | `slug` / `url` | string | Profile slug and full URL — usable directly as `company`-mode input | | `phone` / `email` | string | Direct phone / email (email often on the profile) | | `homepage` | string | Company website | | `street` / `city` / `zipcode` / `countryCode` | string | Postal address | | `latitude` / `longitude` | number | Geocoded location | | `foundingYear` | number | Year founded | | `employeeCount` | string | Size band, e.g. `10-49` | | `distributionArea` | string | `local` / `europe` / `world` | | `supplierTypes` | array | e.g. `production`, `distributor`, `wholesaler` | | `productCount` | number | Products the company lists on Europages | | `logoUrl` / `images` | string / array | Logo and gallery image URLs | | `query` | string | Echoes the search term | #### `company` — full profile per company ```json { "companyId": 22327426, "name": "Center Shqiptare Italia", "url": "https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/center-shqiptare-italia-22327426", "description": "We are a handcrafted company specializing in custom packaging…", "email": "info@centershqiptare.com", "phone": "+390683394947", "vatId": "IT11012111008", "homepage": "https://shop.dvmcentershqiptare.com/home.html", "contacts": [ { "firstName": "Edina", "lastName": "Daja", "role": "custom", "email": "eda@centershqiptare.com", "phone": "+35532230015" } ], "street": "VIA TOPINO 35", "city": "Roma", "zipcode": "00199", "countryCode": "IT", "foundingYear": 2004, "employeeCount": "5-9", "mainBusinessArea": "Packaging material", "supplierTypes": ["production", "customer_specific_manufacturing"], "certificatesCount": 0, "productCount": 16, "products": [ { "id": "36435623", "name": "…", "url": "https://www.europages.co.uk/en/products/…", "image": "https://…" } ] } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `companyId` / `name` / `url` | | Identity | | `description` | string | Full company description | | `email` / `phone` / `fax` | string | Company contact details | | `vatId` | string | VAT / tax id where published | | `homepage` | string | Company website | | `contacts` | array | **Named people** — `{ firstName, lastName, title, role, email, phone }` | | `street` / `city` / `zipcode` / `countryCode` | string | Postal address | | `latitude` / `longitude` | number | Geocoded location | | `foundingYear` / `employeeCount` | | Firmographics | | `mainBusinessArea` | string | Primary Europages category | | `supplierTypes` | array | Manufacturer / distributor / etc. | | `certificates` / `certificatesCount` | array / number | Certifications | | `products` | array | Product portfolio — `{ id, name, url, description, image }` | > Rows that fail (e.g. an invalid URL) are still written, as `{ url, error }`, so a partial batch is > transparent rather than silently dropped. ### Pricing Pay per result, no start fee. See [PRICING.md](./PRICING.md) for the full breakdown. | Event | Price | Per 1,000 | |-------|-------|-----------| | `company-search` | $0.0025 | $2.50 | | `company-detail` | $0.0034 | $3.40 | **Cheaper than every other Europages scraper on the Apify Store — on both events — with no start fee.** The category leader charges **$0.013/result**; the actor literally named "(Cheap)" charges **$0.007**; the next-cheapest full-detail scraper is **$0.0035** flat. A complete contact record (VAT + email + named contacts, each with their own phone/email) for **$0.0034**, and cheap **$0.0025** listing scans for high-volume prospecting, both with Apify platform usage absorbed and **zero start fee** (some competitors charge up to **$0.09** just to start a run). ### Notes - The proxy is handled automatically — leave **Proxy configuration** empty. The default Apify proxy works — no residential proxy required. - `company` mode needs the **profile URL or slug**; the URLs returned by `search` mode work directly as `company` input. - Data reflects what each company publishes on Europages — some fields (email, VAT, contacts) are present only on companies that filled them in. # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to scrape: 'search' (company cards for a search term), 'company' (full profiles for specific companies), or 'selftest' (free health check). ## `query` (type: `string`): For 'search' mode — a product/industry keyword, e.g. 'packaging', 'cnc machining', 'olive oil'. ## `searchPages` (type: `integer`): For 'search' mode — how many result pages to fetch (30 companies per page). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): For 'search' mode — stop after this many companies (0 = no cap, fetch every company on the requested pages). ## `companyUrls` (type: `array`): For 'company' mode — Europages profile URLs (https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/) or bare slugs. The URLs returned by 'search' mode work directly here. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Leave empty — the default Apify proxy works, no residential proxy required. Advanced users can override the proxy group. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "search", "query": "packaging", "searchPages": 1, "maxItems": 0, "companyUrls": [ "https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/center-shqiptare-italia-22327426" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `search` (type: `string`): No description ## `company` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "query": "packaging", "companyUrls": [ "https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/center-shqiptare-italia-22327426" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-europages-scraper").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 = { "query": "packaging", "companyUrls": ["https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/center-shqiptare-italia-22327426"], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-europages-scraper").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 '{ "query": "packaging", "companyUrls": [ "https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/center-shqiptare-italia-22327426" ] }' | apify call serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-europages-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=serp.cheap.ofc/cheapest-europages-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Cheapest Europages Scraper", "description": "Scrape Europages (the EU B2B company directory, 3M+ companies) at the lowest price per result: company search and full profiles — name, address, phone, VAT id, email, named contacts, homepage, employees, certifications and products. Pay per result, no start fee, no subscription.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "tYdLpSzJtpWXSAa76" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/serp.cheap.ofc~cheapest-europages-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-serp.cheap.ofc-cheapest-europages-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/serp.cheap.ofc~cheapest-europages-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-serp.cheap.ofc-cheapest-europages-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/serp.cheap.ofc~cheapest-europages-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-serp.cheap.ofc-cheapest-europages-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "search", "company", "selftest" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to scrape: 'search' (company cards for a search term), 'company' (full profiles for specific companies), or 'selftest' (free health check).", "default": "search" }, "query": { "title": "Search term", "type": "string", "description": "For 'search' mode — a product/industry keyword, e.g. 'packaging', 'cnc machining', 'olive oil'." }, "searchPages": { "title": "Search pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "For 'search' mode — how many result pages to fetch (30 companies per page).", "default": 1 }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "For 'search' mode — stop after this many companies (0 = no cap, fetch every company on the requested pages).", "default": 0 }, "companyUrls": { "title": "Company URLs or slugs", "type": "array", "description": "For 'company' mode — Europages profile URLs (https://www.europages.co.uk/en/company/) or bare slugs. The URLs returned by 'search' mode work directly here.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Leave empty — the default Apify proxy works, no residential proxy required. Advanced users can override the proxy group.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```