WLW.de Scraper

Pull B2B supplier listings from WLW.de (Wer Liefert Was) at scale — company name, full mailing address, phone, email, fax, website, VAT ID, founding year, employee count, certifications, named contacts, geo coordinates, and multi-language product categories for every active supplier across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Built for DACH procurement teams, B2B sales reps, supply-chain analysts, and industrial market researchers who need a fresh, structured WLW.de dataset without manually clicking through thousands of supplier profiles.

Why This Scraper?

• All three DACH markets in one run — toggle a single dropdown to search Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or "All DACH" (fan-out across DE, AT, and CH with automatic deduplication by company ID).
• Manufacturer-only lead lists in one click — filter to Hersteller, custom manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers or service providers, and stack an employee-size bracket on top (9 brackets from 1-4 up to 1000+) to get, say, only producers with 10 to 49 staff.
• Genuine producers, not resellers wearing the label — most companies filed under "manufacturer" on WLW.de also file themselves as distributor or wholesaler. One tick drops everyone who resells other people's goods, leaving firms that actually make what they sell.
• On-topic results, not just search results — WLW.de's own lists drift as you go deeper: search for dietary supplements and by page 20 you are reading about label printers, packaging lines and ERP vendors. The keyword-match setting keeps only companies whose own catalogue backs up your keyword.
• 33 top-level WLW.de industry categories — from Maschinenbau and Elektrotechnik to IT-Dienstleistungen and Beratung, each pickable by name from a dropdown (no slug hunting).
• Optional detail-page enrichment — flip one switch to pull business email, fax, VAT ID, full description, named contact people (first name, last name, role, email, phone), payment terms, incoterms, and full certificate names.
• Latitude + longitude on most suppliers — map suppliers geographically straight from the dataset, no extra geocoding step (included whenever the supplier publishes a location).
• URL-paste mode — paste any WLW.de search URL, category URL, or supplier detail URL directly; the actor reverse-engineers the filters so you skip rebuilding queries.
• ~2,500 suppliers per keyword and country — the full depth WLW.de exposes for a search; run all three DACH markets to triple that in a single pass.
• English keywords against German listings — search "dietary supplement" and you still get the Nahrungsergänzungsmittel producers, because the actor learns what your keyword means in the directory's own vocabulary before it filters.
• Single flat row per supplier — 35 fields per row covering identity, address, contact, business profile, certifications, and operational metrics — ready for direct CSV import.

Use Cases

Procurement & Sourcing

• Build short-lists of certified DACH suppliers for tender evaluations
• Filter manufacturers by city, postal code, or distribution area
• Compare supplier counts per industry category to gauge sourcing depth
• Extract payment terms and incoterms for vendor onboarding

Sales & Lead Generation

• Build outbound prospect lists for industrial machinery, plastics, metal, or chemicals verticals
• Capture named contact people (managing directors, sales leads) with email and phone
• Segment by employee count and founding year for ICP targeting
• Pull every supplier in a postal-code radius for territory planning

Market Research & Competitive Intelligence

• Map the DACH supplier landscape per industry — count of producers vs. wholesalers vs. distributors
• Identify newcomers by founding year and established players by certification breadth
• Compare WLW category coverage across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• Track distribution areas to understand each supplier's geographic reach

Supply Chain Mapping & Risk

• Index alternative suppliers per product category in case of disruption
• Geo-plot suppliers via latitude/longitude to model logistics distance
• Detect single-source dependencies by spotting categories with only one or two listed suppliers
• Capture VAT IDs and certificates for compliance and KYC workflows

Getting Started

Search by German Keyword

{
    "searchQuery": "CNC Fräsen",
    "country": "de",
    "maxResults": 100
}

Small Manufacturers Only

{
  "searchQuery": "Aluminiumprofile",
  "country": "de",
  "supplierTypes": ["manufacturer"],
  "excludeResellers": true,
  "employeeCounts": ["10-19", "20-49"],
  "relevance": "strict",
  "maxResults": 500
}

Browse a Category in All DACH

{
    "searchQuery": "Verpackungsmaschinen",
    "category": "100007",
    "country": "all",
    "maxResults": 500
}

Full Enrichment Run

{
    "searchQuery": "Logistikdienstleister",
    "country": "de",
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxResults": 200
}

Paste WLW.de URLs Directly

{
    "searchUrls": [
        "https://www.wlw.de/de/suche/cnc-fraesen",
        "https://www.wlw.de/de/produkte/maschinenbau-anlagenbau-100007",
        "https://www.wlw.at/de/firma/example-gmbh-12345"
    ],
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxResults": 1000
}

Input Reference

What to Scrape

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchUrls	string[]	[]	Paste one or more WLW.de URLs — search pages, category pages, or supplier detail pages. Mix and match. Overrides the guided fields below when set.
searchQuery	string	"CNC Fräsen"	Free-text product or service keyword (German recommended). Ignored when searchUrls is populated.

Filters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
category	select	All Categories	One of 33 top-level WLW industry categories — Maschinenbau, Elektrotechnik, IT-Dienstleistungen, Beratung, and 29 others. Pick by German name from the dropdown.
country	select	Germany	Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or All DACH (runs the search across all three and dedupes).
supplierTypes	multi-select	all types	Keep only manufacturers, custom manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, or service providers. Pick several to combine them.
excludeResellers	boolean	false	Drop companies that also list themselves as distributor or wholesaler, leaving only firms that make what they sell.
employeeCounts	multi-select	any size	Keep only companies in the employee brackets you pick: 1-4, 5-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-99, 100-199, 200-499, 500-999, 1000+.
relevance	select	Balanced	How closely a company must match your keyword. Balanced keeps companies whose own listing backs up the keyword, Strict requires a matching product in their catalogue, Off returns everything WLW.de returns.

Output Options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includeDetails	boolean	false	Visit each supplier's profile page to enrich the row with business email, fax, VAT ID, full description, certificates, named contacts, payment terms, and incoterms. Slower (one extra request per supplier) but much richer data.
maxResults	integer	200	Cap on total suppliers per run. 0 means unlimited (internally capped at 50,000 for safety). Final pages are kept in full even if they slightly overshoot the cap.

Output

Here's a representative supplier row with includeDetails enabled:

{
    "companyName": "Beispiel Maschinenbau GmbH",
    "wlwId": "1234567",
    "slug": "beispiel-maschinenbau-gmbh-1234567",
    "detailUrl": "https://www.wlw.de/de/firma/beispiel-maschinenbau-gmbh-1234567",
    "supplierType": "manufacturer",
    "supplierTypes": ["production", "service"],
    "description": "Familienbetrieb mit über 40 Jahren Erfahrung in der CNC-Zerspanung...",
    "street": "Industriestraße 42",
    "zip": "70565",
    "city": "Stuttgart",
    "country": "DE",
    "addressFormatted": "Industriestraße 42, 70565 Stuttgart",
    "phone": "+49 711 1234567",
    "fax": "+49 711 1234568",
    "email": "info@beispiel-maschinenbau.de",
    "website": "https://www.beispiel-maschinenbau.de",
    "logoUrl": "https://cdn.wlw.de/logos/1234567.png",
    "latitude": 48.7758,
    "longitude": 9.1829,
    "employeeCount": "50-99",
    "foundingYear": 1982,
    "distributionArea": "Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz",
    "vatId": "DE123456789",
    "certifications": ["ISO 9001:2015", "ISO 14001:2015"],
    "productCategories": [
        "CNC-Fräsen",
        "CNC-Drehen",
        "Zerspanungstechnik"
    ],
    "mainBusinessArea": {
        "id": "100020",
        "title": "Zerspanung & Umformung",
        "slug": "zerspanung-umformung"
    },
    "contacts": [
        {
            "firstName": "Klaus",
            "lastName": "Müller",
            "title": "Geschäftsführer",
            "email": "k.mueller@beispiel-maschinenbau.de",
            "phone": "+49 711 1234560",
            "executiveType": "ceo"
        }
    ],
    "paymentMethods": ["invoice", "advance_payment"],
    "paymentTerms": ["net_30"],
    "incoterms": ["EXW", "FCA"],
    "averageResponseTime": "Within 24 hours",
    "responseRate": 0.92,
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.wlw.de/de/suche/cnc-fraesen",
    "searchQuery": "CNC Fräsen",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-15T14:30:00Z"
}

Core Identity

Field	Type	Description
companyName	string	Legal company name
wlwId	string	Stable WLW supplier identifier (shared across .de/.at/.ch)
slug	string	URL-safe company slug used on the supplier detail page
detailUrl	string	Direct link to the supplier's WLW.de profile
supplierType	string	Primary tag — one of manufacturer, service_provider, wholesaler, distributor, custom_manufacturer
supplierTypes	string[]	All raw classification tags the supplier carries
description	string	Company description (longer text when includeDetails is on)
logoUrl	string	Direct URL to the company logo image

Address & Geo

Field	Type	Description
street	string	Street and house number
zip	string	Postal code
city	string	City
country	string	Two-letter country code (DE / AT / CH)
addressFormatted	string	Single-line formatted mailing address
latitude	number	WGS84 latitude
longitude	number	WGS84 longitude

Contact

Field	Type	Description
phone	string	Main business phone number
fax	string	Fax number (detail-page only)
email	string	Business email (detail-page only)
website	string	Company homepage URL
contacts	object[]	Named contact people: firstName, lastName, title, email, phone, executiveType (detail-page only)

Business Profile

Field	Type	Description
employeeCount	string	Headcount band (e.g. 1-9, 10-49, 50-99, 100-249, 250+)
foundingYear	integer	Year the company was founded
distributionArea	string	Geographic distribution area as published by the supplier
vatId	string	VAT identification number (detail-page only)
mainBusinessArea	object	Primary WLW category — { id, title, slug } (detail-page only)
averageResponseTime	string	Self-reported response time bucket
responseRate	number	Self-reported inquiry response rate (0.0–1.0, where 0.92 means 92%)

Categories & Commercial

Field	Type	Description
productCategories	string[]	Top product / service categories the supplier is listed under
certifications	string[]	ISO and industry certificate names (detail-page only)
paymentMethods	string[]	Accepted payment methods (detail-page only)
paymentTerms	string[]	Standard payment terms (detail-page only)
incoterms	string[]	Supported Incoterms (detail-page only)

Meta

Field	Type	Description
sourceUrl	string	Search or detail URL that produced this row
searchQuery	string	Keyword used (when applicable)
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of data extraction

Tips for Best Results

• Use German keywords for precision — WLW's AI text search bridges English and German, but German terms (Verpackungsmaschinen, Zerspanungstechnik, Logistikdienstleister) match more accurately than English equivalents.
• Filter to manufacturers before you filter by size — company type is applied by WLW itself, so it keeps the results deep, while the size bracket is applied to what comes back. Combining both is the fastest way to a clean list of small producers.
• Use a keyword or a category, not both — a keyword like Aluminiumprofile is the sharper tool and takes priority. Leave it empty when you want to sweep an entire industry category instead.
• Hit "All DACH" once instead of three runs — the actor fans out across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in a single run and deduplicates by wlwId, so you never pay for the same supplier twice.
• Turn on includeDetails for outreach lists — listing-tier rows already include phone and website, but only the detail tier carries business email, fax, VAT ID, and named contact people with their personal email and phone.
• Expect roughly 2,500 rows per keyword and country before filtering — that's the full depth WLW.de publishes for a search. Keyword matching typically keeps a third to a half of that, because the rest of the list is companies serving your industry rather than supplying it. For bigger pulls, run several related keywords, or set the country to All DACH.
• Reach for Strict when you are building an outreach list — it requires a matching product in the company's own catalogue, which cuts the "we also do a bit of that" entries. Start on Balanced, and if the list still feels broad, switch to Strict and rerun. Set it to Off only when you want a full market map including adjacent suppliers.
• Paste URLs you already filtered in the WLW UI — the URL mode replays the exact filters, so refining a search in your browser and pasting the URL is faster than rebuilding it in the input form.
• Set maxResults to 10–50 first — sanity-check the data shape and field coverage on a small run before scaling up to thousands of rows.

Pricing

$2.50 per 1,000 results — flat pay-per-result. No compute charges — you only pay per result returned.

Results	Estimated Cost
100	$0.25
1,000	$2.50
10,000	$25.00
100,000	$250.00

A "result" is any supplier row pushed to the dataset. Platform fees (storage, data transfer) are additional and depend on your Apify plan.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor is designed for legitimate B2B research, procurement, market analysis, and lead generation. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws (including GDPR and the German UWG), WLW.de's Terms of Service, and any cookie or data-protection notices on the source site. Do not use extracted contact data for spam, unsolicited marketing, harassment, or any unlawful purpose. Personal contact information must be processed under a lawful basis under GDPR Art. 6.