# Bundesanzeiger Financials & Company Disclosures Scraper (`twc.api/bundesanzeiger-scraper`) Actor

Extracts German official company filings, financial statements (Jahresabschlüsse), insolvencies, and corporate announcements from bundesanzeiger.de with B2B contact enrichment.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/twc.api/bundesanzeiger-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mischa T](https://apify.com/twc.api) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.50 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Bundesanzeiger Financials & Company Disclosures Scraper (Germany)

> **The primary-source intelligence tool for credit risk officers, M\&A researchers, and B2B sales professionals.** Searches the official German Federal Gazette (*Bundesanzeiger.de*) for annual financial statements (*Jahresabschlüsse*), corporate mergers, restructuring and insolvency proceedings, capital market notifications, and **automatically enriches each filing with verified company website, direct email, and phone number** via real-time Impressum crawling.

***

### 🚀 Why this Actor is the Superior Choice

Commercial aggregators (Northdata, Creditreform) charge €20 to €50 per corporate filing. Other scrapers dump raw text fragments without giving you actionable ways to contact the company.

This actor turns official German gazette disclosures into an **actionable intelligence and deal pipeline**:

| Feature | Competitor Scrapers | This Actor |
|---|:---:|:---:|
| **All 7 Official Publication Areas** (Jahresabschlüsse, Insolvenzen, Kapitalmarkt etc.) | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Search by Company Name, HRB Number, or Keyword** | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Clean Publication Metadata** (Date, Seat, Category, Original URL) | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Automated B2B Contact Enrichment** (Official Website, Direct Email, Phone) | ❌ | ✅ **Included** |
| **Decision-Maker / Managing Director Detection** | ❌ | ✅ **Included** |
| **Insolvency & Distressed Debt Monitoring** | ⚠️ Generic | ✅ **Dedicated Area Filter** |
| **Pure HTTP Performance** (No Slow Headless Browsers) | ⚠️ Mixed | ✅ **Pure HTTP Chrome 124 TLS** |

***

### 📋 Structured Output Schema

Every extracted publication row contains structured entity and contact fields:

```json
{
  "companyName": "BioNTech SE",
  "registeredSeat": "Mainz",
  "publicationArea": "Gesellschaftsbekanntmachungen",
  "publicationTitle": "Hinweis gemäß § 62 Abs. 4 S. 4, Abs. 3 S. 2 UmwG auf die bevorstehende Verschmelzung der BioNTech Delivery Technologies GmbH auf die BioNTech SE",
  "publicationDate": "01.07.2026",
  "publicationUrl": "https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/pub/de/suchen2?3-1.-search~table~panel-rows-0-search~table~row~panel-publication~link",
  "companyWebsite": "https://biontech.com",
  "contactEmail": "service@biontech.de",
  "contactPhone": "+49 6131 90840",
  "managingDirectors": "Uğur Şahin, Özlem Türeci",
  "source": "bundesanzeiger.de"
}
```

***

### 📥 Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | String | `"BioNTech"` | Company name, registration number (HRB/HRA), or keyword (e.g. `BioNTech`, `Siemens`, `Insolvenz`). |
| `area` | Select | `""` (All) | Publication area: `""` (All), `"22"` (Financial Statements / Jahresabschlüsse), `"5"` (Insolvencies), `"6"` (Corporate Announcements), `"7"` (Capital Markets). |
| `enrichCompanyContacts` | Boolean | `true` | Automatically crawls the company's official domain and Impressum for verified email, phone, and leadership. |
| `maxResults` | Integer | `10` | Maximum number of publication records to extract. |

***

### 🎯 High-Impact Use Cases

1. **Credit Risk & Counterparty Screening:**
   Monitor German trading partners for insolvency filings (*Gerichtlicher Teil / Insolvenzen*) or capital adjustments before extending payment terms or credit lines.
2. **M\&A and Distressed Debt Scouting:**
   Identify companies entering restructuring, mergers (*Verschmelzungen*), or major shareholder reorganizations to initiate advisory mandates or acquisition bids.
3. **B2B Outbound Sales Operations:**
   Target established German mid-market companies (*Mittelstand*) publishing strong annual reports and reach out directly to the C-suite via the enriched corporate email and phone number.
4. **Capital Market Watchdog:**
   Track mandatory short-seller disclosures (*Mitteilungen von Netto-Leerverkaufspositionen*) and executive director dealings (*Directors' Dealings*).

***

### 🔌 Integration Examples

#### Python (via Apify Client)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

run_input = {
    "query": "Zalando",
    "area": "22",  # Only Financial Reports / Jahresabschlüsse
    "enrichCompanyContacts": True,
    "maxResults": 10
}

run = client.actor("twc.api/bundesanzeiger-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"[{item['publicationDate']}] {item['companyName']}: {item['publicationTitle']}")
    print(f"  Website: {item['companyWebsite']} | Email: {item['contactEmail']}\n")
```

#### Node.js / TypeScript

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });

const input = {
  query: 'Insolvenzverfahren',
  area: '5', // Gerichtlicher Teil
  maxResults: 20,
};

const run = await client.actor('twc.api/bundesanzeiger-scraper').call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Retrieved ${items.length} insolvency notices.`);
```

#### Make.com & Zapier

Set up an automated alert: Whenever a specific company or industry keyword appears in the Federal Gazette, push the notice directly to **Slack**, **Microsoft Teams**, or **HubSpot**.

***

### 💬 Enterprise Support & Custom Pipelines

Looking for automated daily monitoring feeds, full balance sheet PDF parsing, or dedicated IP pools?
Contact us directly via the **Apify Console Discussion / Support tab**. We respond promptly within 24 hours.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Company name, registration number, or keyword to search for (e.g. 'BioNTech', 'Siemens', 'Zalando', 'Insolvenz').

## `area` (type: `string`):

Filter by official publication category in the Federal Gazette.

## `enrichCompanyContacts` (type: `boolean`):

Automatically resolve the registered company's official domain and crawl the German Impressum for verified direct email, phone number, and Managing Director.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of publication records to extract.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "BioNTech",
  "area": "",
  "enrichCompanyContacts": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Direct link to view, filter, or export extracted records in JSON, CSV or Excel

# 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("twc.api/bundesanzeiger-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("twc.api/bundesanzeiger-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 '{}' |
apify call twc.api/bundesanzeiger-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,twc.api/bundesanzeiger-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/RD46IbVh7Y8U5uwV6/builds/TDavsSIqZbJMsGy5H/openapi.json