EU VAT Number Validation (VIES) Scraper

EU VAT Number Validation (VIES) Scraper pulls structured data from European Commission VIES and returns it as a clean dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel. It checks EU VAT numbers against the European Commission's VIES service and returns whether each one is valid, plus the registered business name and address, which is what B2B invoice and onboarding checks need.

No API key, no login. Click Start and it works with the prefilled input.

What does EU VAT Number Validation (VIES) Scraper do?

It queries European Commission VIES and returns one row per record, with only the fields that matter. Runs on the Apify platform, so you get an API endpoint, scheduling, monitoring and integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, webhooks) without maintaining any infrastructure.

Why use it?

• European Commission VIES data without the plumbing: no proxy setup, no pagination code, no scraping maintenance.
• Schedule it to monitor changes daily or weekly and trigger alerts on new records.
• Feed it straight into a spreadsheet, database, or an AI agent via the Apify API or MCP server.
• Runs in seconds and returns a typed dataset that is ready for analysis.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Leave the default input to see a sample run, or type your own values (see Input below).
3. Press Start and wait a few seconds.
4. Open the Output tab and download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
vatNumbers	array	["IE6388047V", "DE811907980"]	VAT numbers to validate, each with its country prefix (e.g. IE6388047V).
maxResults	integer	5	Maximum number of VAT numbers to validate in one run.

Example input:

{
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "DE811907980"
  ],
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

One item per record. Sample:

{
  "country_code": "IE",
  "vat_number": "6388047V",
  "vat_number_full": "IE6388047V",
  "is_valid": true,
  "status": "VALID",
  "business_name": "GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED"
}

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

Data fields

Field	Type	Meaning
country_code	string	Country
vat_number	string	VAT Number
vat_number_full	string	VAT Number (Full)
is_valid	boolean	Valid
status	string	Status
business_name	string	Business Name
address	string	Address
checked_at	string	Checked At
source	string	Source
source_url	string	Source URL

How much does it cost to run?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay per result item pushed to the dataset, and nothing for an empty run. Each run is a few seconds of compute, so typical costs are fractions of a cent per run, and the Apify free tier covers plenty of testing.

Tips and advanced options

• Raise maxResults for a bigger pull; the Actor pages through the source for you.
• Schedule it (e.g. every morning) and combine with a webhook to get only the new records.
• Add the Actor to an AI agent through the Apify MCP server for natural-language queries.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

• Is this legal? It uses publicly available data from European Commission VIES. You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with the source's terms.
• It returned nothing? Use VAT numbers with their country prefix, e.g. IE6388047V, DE811907980 or FR40303265045.
• Something broken? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Data sources change and get fixed quickly.
• Need a custom variant (extra fields, a different source, a scheduled report)? Get in touch through the Issues tab.