# UK New Companies – Companies House Incorporations Feed (`yuvalstudios/uk-new-companies`) Actor

Daily feed of newly incorporated UK companies from Companies House: filter by SIC code, location, name, type, status. 'New since last run' for scheduled lead lists. No API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yuvalstudios/uk-new-companies.md
- **Developed by:** [Yuval Gabay](https://apify.com/yuvalstudios) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 company 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

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# README

## UK New Companies – Companies House Incorporations Feed

Get a **daily feed of newly incorporated UK companies** from **Companies House**. Each row has the company number, name, status, type, incorporation date, registered office address and **SIC codes**. Filter by SIC code (industry), registered-office location (town or postcode), name, company type and status. Schedule it with **New since last run** for a fresh lead list every morning.

No API key or login is required. It reads the official public Companies House advanced search.

### Who uses it

- **Accountants, bookkeepers, VAT and payroll firms**: new companies need an accountant in their first weeks.
- **Business banks, insurers, web designers, office and telecom suppliers, merchant services.**
- **Recruiters and B2B agencies**: target new businesses by sector and region.
- Replaces paid daily-leads services (NewCo Data, NewcoHunter, Brink Leads) for a fraction of the cost.

### Input example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 1,
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012",
    "62020"
  ],
  "location": "Manchester",
  "newSinceLastRun": true,
  "stateKey": "mcr-it",
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

### Output

See `sample-output.json` for real rows. The dataset has a table view, and you can export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or use the API, Zapier, Make or Google Sheets. A run summary is saved to the `OUTPUT_SUMMARY` key-value record.

### Notes

- \~2,000–3,000 companies incorporate per working day. The actor walks one day at a time so it never hits deep-paging limits.
- Many new companies use formation-agent addresses (e.g. 71-75 Shelton Street, London). Filter by `location` to reduce them.
- Directors aren't included (that needs the officers endpoint). Planned for v0.2 via the free official API key.

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$0.002 per row** ($2.00 per 1,000). If a run finds nothing, you pay almost nothing.

Built by Yuval Studios. Uses public government data. Not affiliated with any government agency.

# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Used when no dates are set: fetch companies incorporated in the last N days.

## `incorporatedFrom` (type: `string`):

Start of the incorporation date range, format YYYY-MM-DD.

## `incorporatedTo` (type: `string`):

End of the incorporation date range, format YYYY-MM-DD.

## `sicCodes` (type: `array`):

e.g. 62012 (software), 56101 (restaurants), 68209 (letting)

## `nameContains` (type: `string`):

Keep only companies whose name contains this text (case-insensitive).

## `nameExcludes` (type: `string`):

Drop companies whose name contains this text (case-insensitive).

## `location` (type: `string`):

Town or postcode, e.g. Manchester

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

Filter by company status. Leave empty for all.

## `companyTypes` (type: `array`):

Filter by company type. Leave empty for all.

## `newSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Only output companies not returned by a previous run that used the same state key.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Name for the saved "already seen" list. Use a different key for each saved search.

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

Maximum number of companies to output. Each one is billed as a result.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012"
  ],
  "newSinceLastRun": false,
  "stateKey": "default",
  "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 = {
    "sicCodes": [
        "62012"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yuvalstudios/uk-new-companies").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 = { "sicCodes": ["62012"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yuvalstudios/uk-new-companies").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 '{
  "sicCodes": [
    "62012"
  ]
}' |
apify call yuvalstudios/uk-new-companies --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yuvalstudios/uk-new-companies"
        }
    }
}
```

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/HnuvJPeXatyu4EtYO/builds/8wSWJxKlMebyCpHjm/openapi.json