# Brazil CNPJ Company Data Scraper (`straightforward_hydra/cnpj-company-data-scraper`) Actor

Look up any Brazilian company by CNPJ: legal name, trade name, registration status, share capital, CNAE activity, full address, phone, tax regime and the full partner list. Four registry mirrors with automatic failover. No API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/cnpj-company-data-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 company records

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Brazil CNPJ Company Data Scraper

Look up any Brazilian company by **CNPJ** and get its full public registry
record. **No API key, no login, no proxy.**

### What you get

| Field | Example |
| --- | --- |
| `cnpj`, `cnpj_formatted` | 19131243000197, 19.131.243/0001-97 |
| `razao_social`, `nome_fantasia` | OPEN KNOWLEDGE BRASIL, REDE PELO CONHECIMENTO LIVRE |
| `status`, `status_date`, `status_reason` | ATIVA |
| `opened_on` | 2013-10-03 |
| `share_capital` | 0.0 (a real number, not a string) |
| `size`, `legal_nature`, `branch_type` | DEMAIS, Associação Privada, Matriz |
| `cnae_code`, `cnae_description` | 9430800, Atividades de associações… |
| `cnae_secondary` | every secondary activity |
| `street`, `number`, `district`, `city`, `state`, `postal_code` | full address |
| `phone`, `phone_2`, `email` | contact details |
| `simples_optant`, `mei_optant` | tax regime flags |
| `partners`, `partner_count` | name, role, since, age range per partner |
| `is_headquarters` | true when the branch code is 0001 |
| `source` | which mirror answered |

### Why this one is reliable

The registry is mirrored by several free services, and **every one of them rate
limits separately** — ReceitaWS most aggressively. Point a list of 500 companies
at any single mirror and it stops answering partway through.

This Actor queries **four mirrors with automatic failover**: BrasilAPI → Minha
Receita → cnpj.ws → ReceitaWS. When one returns HTTP 429 it is rested for a
minute and the next takes over, and every payload is normalised to the same
field names — so you get one consistent output no matter which one answered.
`source` tells you which did.

### Check digits are validated first

A CNPJ carries two verification digits. Typos are checked locally before a
request is spent, because a mistyped number is otherwise indistinguishable from
a company that simply isn't registered — you'd get "not found" and never know
why.

### Example input

```json
{
  "cnpjs": ["19.131.243/0001-97", "00000000000191"],
  "providers": ["brasilapi", "minhareceita", "cnpjws", "receitaws"]
}
```

Both formats are accepted, and duplicates are removed before lookup so the same
company written two ways is never charged twice.

### Notes

- This **enriches a list of CNPJs**. It cannot search for companies by city or
  sector: none of the public mirrors expose a search endpoint.
- Data comes from the Receita Federal's open company register. Only public
  information is returned.
- Runs stop cleanly before the platform timeout and keep everything collected so
  far, rather than failing.

### Pricing

Pay per result: one `company` event per company returned.

### Support

Found a field that stopped populating, or a mirror that keeps failing? Open an
issue on the Actor's page and include the input you used.

# Actor input Schema

## `cnpjs` (type: `array`):

The companies to look up. Both formats work: 19131243000197 or 19.131.243/0001-97. Duplicates are removed automatically.

## `providers` (type: `array`):

Which free mirrors of the Receita Federal register to use, tried in the order listed. Each one rate limits separately, so keeping several enabled is what makes long lists finish.

## `skipInvalid` (type: `boolean`):

Numbers that fail the check-digit test are skipped with a warning. Turn this off to stop the run instead, so a bad list is caught early.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. These are open APIs and work without a proxy; enable it if you look up very long lists.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "cnpjs": [
    "19.131.243/0001-97",
    "00000000000191"
  ],
  "providers": [
    "brasilapi",
    "minhareceita",
    "cnpjws",
    "receitaws"
  ],
  "skipInvalid": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "cnpjs": [
        "19.131.243/0001-97",
        "00000000000191"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/cnpj-company-data-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "cnpjs": [
        "19.131.243/0001-97",
        "00000000000191",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/cnpj-company-data-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "cnpjs": [
    "19.131.243/0001-97",
    "00000000000191"
  ]
}' |
apify call straightforward_hydra/cnpj-company-data-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,straightforward_hydra/cnpj-company-data-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/JdCiXhOjcwEGGJq2d/builds/o0SJ9NCxm9zxV7he4/openapi.json