WLW Scraper — German B2B Suppliers from wlw.de (Wer liefert was)

Search wlw.de ("Wer liefert was"), the leading B2B supplier directory for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and extract structured company data by keyword. Part of the Visable group (together with Europages), WLW lists hundreds of thousands of manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and service providers across the DACH region.

Enter a product or service keyword ("verpackung", "schrauben", "edelstahl") and get back clean JSON records with company names, locations, addresses, supplier types, categories, showcased products, websites and phone numbers.

No API key, no login, no cookies required.

Why use this actor?

• B2B lead generation — build supplier lists for the German-speaking market, the largest industrial economy in Europe
• Supplier sourcing — find manufacturers and wholesalers for any product category, filtered by country
• Market research — map competitors and suppliers in a niche, including size (employee ranges) and founding year
• Sales intelligence — enrich CRM data with addresses, phone numbers, websites and product portfolios
• Procurement — compare distribution areas, certificates and supplier types before reaching out

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	verpackung	Product, service, or activity keywords. German keywords work best, English terms are matched too. Company names also work.
country	string	(all)	Optional country filter. ISO code or name: DE, Germany, AT, Austria, CH, Switzerland, ...
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum number of companies to return (up to 3000 per query).
proxyConfiguration	object	Residential	Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended.

Example input

{
    "searchQuery": "verpackung",
    "country": "DE",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

Output

One JSON object per company:

Field	Type	Example
companyName	string	"Gude GmbH"
country	string	"Germany"
countryCode	string	"DE"
city	string	"Rheine"
address	string	"Neuenkirchener Str. 44"
postalCode	string	"48431"
supplierTypes	array	["service", "wholesaler"]
categories	array	["Gastronomieverpackungen", "Backformen"]
products	array	["Snackverpackungen", "Pizzakartons"]
about	string	Company presentation text
url	string	"https://www.wlw.de/de/firma/gude-gmbh-910014"
website	string | null	"https://www.gude.eu"
phone	string | null	"+49 5971 899890"
employeeCount	string | null	"20-49"
foundingYear	number | null	1949
distributionArea	string | null	"international"
certificatesCount	number | null	2
verifiedSupplier	boolean	true
logoUrl	string | null	Logo image URL
latitude / longitude	number | null	52.3129543 / 7.4575219
companyId	number | null	Internal WLW company ID
wlwId	string | null	WLW supplier identifier
searchQuery	string	The query that returned this company
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

Example output

{
    "companyName": "Gude GmbH",
    "country": "Germany",
    "countryCode": "DE",
    "city": "Rheine",
    "address": "Neuenkirchener Str. 44",
    "postalCode": "48431",
    "supplierTypes": ["service", "wholesaler"],
    "categories": ["Gastronomieverpackungen", "Backformen", "Schüsseln"],
    "products": ["Snackverpackungen", "Pizzakartons", "Menüboxen"],
    "about": "Verpackungen für Gastronomie und Lebensmittelhandel ...",
    "url": "https://www.wlw.de/de/firma/gude-gmbh-910014",
    "website": "https://www.gude.eu",
    "phone": "+49 5971 899890",
    "employeeCount": "20-49",
    "foundingYear": 1949,
    "distributionArea": "international",
    "certificatesCount": 2,
    "verifiedSupplier": true,
    "latitude": 52.3129543,
    "longitude": 7.4575219,
    "searchQuery": "verpackung",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

How to scrape WLW data

1. Create a free Apify account and open this actor.
2. Enter a search query — a product, service, or company keyword. German terms match best ("verpackung", "kunststoff", "cnc fräsen"), English works too.
3. Optionally set a country filter — DE, AT, CH or any other country name/code to narrow results.
4. Set max results — 30 companies come back per page; the actor paginates automatically up to your limit.
5. Run the actor and download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or fetch it via the Apify API.

The actor talks to WLW's own search gateway (the same one the website uses), so results match exactly what you see on wlw.de, including verified-supplier status and product portfolios.

Cost estimate

A run start plus per-result fees apply (pay-per-event pricing). Scraping is fast: one HTTP request fetches 30 companies, so even 1000-result runs finish in a couple of minutes on the default memory setting.

Limitations

• Email addresses are not exposed in WLW search results (the site only signals whether a contact form is available). Use the company website for direct outreach.
• pageSize is capped at 30 by the WLW gateway; the actor paginates automatically.
• Very deep pagination is capped at 3000 results per query. Split broad queries by country or by more specific keywords to get more coverage.
• The about text is truncated to 3000 characters.

Related actors

• Europages Scraper — the pan-European sister directory (same Visable group) with suppliers from 26 countries.

Support

Found an issue or want an extra field? Open an issue on the actor's page and it will be looked at quickly.