# PCI SSC Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) Company Directory (`tehsnarf/pci-qsa-company-directory`) Actor

Scrapes the PCI Security Standards Council's public QSA company directory into normalized JSON rows for PCI compliance vendor research and QSA market mapping.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tehsnarf/pci-qsa-company-directory.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Hoover](https://apify.com/tehsnarf) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.99 / 1,000 results

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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

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# README

Scrapes the **[PCI Security Standards Council's public QSA company directory](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/assessors_and_solutions/qualified_security_assessors/)** — the authoritative list of companies qualified to perform PCI DSS assessments — into clean, structured JSON. The official page only exposes a client-side "Export List" button behind a per-session token; this Actor reproduces that same request so the full dataset is available for scheduled/programmatic pulls.

### Why use this Actor?

Any merchant or service provider handling payment card data eventually needs to select and vet a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) firm for PCI DSS validation. This Actor is useful for:

- **Compliance and procurement teams** building a shortlist of QSA firms by region, language, or business location before running an RFP.
- **QSA firms themselves** monitoring their own listing (remediation status, DSS v4 qualification) or tracking competitors' regional footprint.
- **Compliance/security researchers and consultancies** mapping the QSA market — who serves which regions, which firms support Associate QSAs, who is currently "In Remediation."
- **AI agents and research pipelines** that need machine-readable PCI compliance vendor data instead of manually working the site's search/filter widget.

### How to use this Actor

1. Click **Try for free** (or **Run**) on this Actor's page.
2. Leave the default **Start URL** as the PCI SSC QSA directory page — it's only used to obtain a fresh session token before the real data request.
3. Set **Max items** to the number of companies you want (default 500 — comfortably above the current total of 421).
4. Click **Start** and download your results as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the **Output** tab.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `startUrls` | array | PCI SSC QSA directory page URL. Defaults to the official page. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Maximum number of QSA company records to return (default 500). |

### Output

Each item represents one QSA company:

```json
{
  "company_id": 400042,
  "company_name": "Protiviti",
  "previous_company_name": "",
  "website": "www.protiviti.com",
  "place_of_business": ["Asia Pacific", "Australia", "Canada", "CEMEA", "China", "Europe", "USA"],
  "region": ["USA", "Asia Pacific", "CEMEA", "Europe", "LAC", "Canada"],
  "languages": ["Chinese", "English", "German", "Spanish", "French", "Japanese"],
  "primary_contact": "Chip Wolford (USA, LAC) chip.wolford@protiviti.com T: +1.513.362.1716 | Thomas Lemon (CEMEA, Europe) Thomas.Lemon@Protiviti.co.uk T: 44-207-024-7526",
  "in_remediation": false,
  "supports_associate_qsa": true,
  "dss_v4_assessor": true,
  "source_url": "https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/assessors_and_solutions/qualified_security_assessors/"
}
```

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

### Data table

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| company\_id | PCI SSC's internal company record ID |
| company\_name | Public QSA company name |
| previous\_company\_name | Prior name on record, if the company was renamed (blank if none) |
| website | Company's own public website |
| place\_of\_business | Countries/territories where the company has a QSA office |
| region | Servicing markets/regions (USA, Europe, CEMEA, LAC, Asia Pacific, Canada) |
| languages | Languages the QSA company supports |
| primary\_contact | Public point-of-contact block(s) as published by PCI SSC: name, region tag, business email, business phone |
| in\_remediation | `true` if PCI SSC currently lists this QSA as "In Remediation" for a validation-requirement violation |
| supports\_associate\_qsa | `true` if the company supports Associate QSAs |
| dss\_v4\_assessor | `true` if qualified to assess against PCI DSS v4 |
| source\_url | The QSA directory page URL the record was scraped from |

### Pricing

This Actor is priced at **$5.99 per 1,000 results**. Example costs:

| Results | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | $0.60 |
| 500 | $3.00 |
| 1,000 | $5.99 |
| 5,000 | $29.95 |

### Tips

- The full directory currently holds 421 QSA companies — a single run with the default `maxItems` captures everything in one pass; there is no pagination to configure.
- Schedule this Actor on a recurring basis and diff on `company_id` + `in_remediation` to catch remediation-status changes without re-checking the site by hand.

### FAQ

**Is this legal?** Yes — this Actor only reads PCI SSC's public QSA directory page and its own listing widget's data endpoint. No login is required and the site's `robots.txt` does not restrict this page.

**Does this include personal contact information?** The `primary_contact` field includes the point-of-contact name, business email, and business phone that each QSA company itself chose to publish on PCI SSC's public directory for procurement purposes — the same information visible to any visitor of the official page. This Actor does not perform any additional individual-employee lookup or enrichment beyond what PCI SSC already publishes per company.

**Found an issue?** Use the Issues tab on this Actor's Apify Store page to report it.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

PCI SSC Qualified Security Assessors directory page URL(s). Used only to mint a fresh company\_nonce before the actual data request.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of QSA company records to emit (default 500, safely above the observed 421 total)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/assessors_and_solutions/qualified_security_assessors/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tehsnarf/pci-qsa-company-directory").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tehsnarf/pci-qsa-company-directory").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 '{}' |
apify call tehsnarf/pci-qsa-company-directory --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tehsnarf/pci-qsa-company-directory",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/s4mT8My4CFhbqPD6X/builds/TBVyn10Sm9RVzTIHk/openapi.json