# German Company Data & KYB Scraper (`ayyouba/dach-company-intel`) Actor

Turn a domain, company name or VAT ID into a verified German company profile: Handelsregister, Impressum, VAT (VIES), insolvency and Bundesanzeiger financials — one call, no login, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ayyouba/dach-company-intel.md
- **Developed by:** [Ayyoub Aharchi](https://apify.com/ayyouba) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 company resolveds

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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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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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## German Company Data & KYB Scraper — Handelsregister, Impressum, VAT, Insolvency

**Turn a domain, company name, or VAT ID into a verified German company profile in one call.**
This actor bundles every authoritative German source that normally needs 4–5 separate
scrapers — **Handelsregister**, **Impressum (§5 DDG)**, **VAT (VIES)**, **insolvency
(Insolvenzbekanntmachungen)**, and **Bundesanzeiger financials** — plus website & tech
enrichment, into a single clean JSON record. **No login, no API key, no stitching flaky
scrapers together.**

Built for **B2B lead enrichment, sales intelligence, KYB / business verification, and
data pipelines** that need reliable German firmographic data.

### What this Actor returns

For each company you get one canonical profile with **the source and a confidence score
for every field**:

- **Legal identity** — official company name, legal form, status
- **Handelsregister** — register type (HRB/HRA), register number, court
- **Address & contact** — street, postal code, city, email, phone
- **Managing directors / board** (Geschäftsführer / Vorstand)
- **VAT (USt-IdNr.)** — validated live against the EU **VIES** service
- **Insolvency** — active insolvency proceedings matched to the company (official register)
- **Financial signals** — filing types & latest fiscal year from the **Bundesanzeiger**
- **Website enrichment** — shop system (Shopify/Shopware/WooCommerce…), tech stack, socials

### Why this Actor

- **One call instead of five.** No other actor bundles register + Impressum + VAT +
  insolvency + financials + web enrichment into a single verified record.
- **Verified, not raw.** Cross-source reconciliation, deduplication, and per-field
  provenance + confidence — not six inconsistent dumps you have to merge yourself.
- **Legally clean & keyless.** Public sources only (the Impressum is legally mandated
  public data; VIES is the official EU API). No login, no cookies, no account bans.
- **AI-agent ready.** Callable as a tool from any LLM/agent via Apify's MCP server.

### Input

Pass any mix of domains, company names, and VAT IDs — the type is auto-detected.

```json
{
    "queries": ["zalando.de", "Siemens AG", "DE811907980"],
    "sources": ["impressum", "vies", "handelsregister", "insolvency", "bundesanzeiger", "enrichment"],
    "redactPersonalData": false
}
```

- **`queries`** — domains, company names, or VAT IDs (required).
- **`sources`** — which sources to query (default: all six).
- **`redactPersonalData`** — GDPR toggle to hash names of natural persons.

### Output (example)

```json
{
    "query": "chefkoch.de",
    "companyName": "Chefkoch GmbH",
    "legalForm": "GmbH",
    "registerType": "HRB",
    "registerId": "18761",
    "registerCourt": "Bonn",
    "address": { "street": "Joseph-Schumpeter-Allee 33", "postalCode": "53227", "city": "Bonn", "country": "DE" },
    "contact": { "email": "info@chefkoch.de", "phone": "0228 40378 4400" },
    "managingDirectors": [{ "name": "Christine Nieland", "role": "Geschäftsführung" }],
    "vatId": "DE814066656",
    "vatValid": true,
    "insolvency": { "isInsolvent": false, "cases": [] },
    "financials": { "lastFilingYear": 2021, "filings": [{ "type": "Jahresabschluss" }] },
    "ecommercePlatform": "Magento",
    "confidence": 1,
    "provenance": { "registerId": "handelsregister", "vatValid": "vies", "address": "impressum" }
}
```

Export as **JSON, CSV, or Excel**, or pull it via the Apify API / integrations (n8n, Make, Zapier).

### Use in n8n

There's a dedicated community node for this actor: **[n8n-nodes-german-company-data](https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-german-company-data)**.
Install it in n8n under **Settings → Community Nodes**, paste your Apify API token once, and
map domains, company names, or VAT IDs straight from any workflow — one output item per
verified profile. Works as a tool for n8n AI agents too.

### Pricing — pay only for verified results

Pay-per-event. **Unmatched lookups are free** — you're only charged when a real company
profile is returned.

| Event | When it fires | Suggested price |
|---|---|---|
| **Company resolved** | one verified profile returned | see listing |
| **Premium KYB signals** | profile includes register + insolvency + financials | see listing |

**Cost example:** enriching **1,000 companies** with full KYB signals ≈ a few euros —
a fraction of the €500/month-for-1,000-lookups that incumbent German company APIs charge.

### FAQ

**Which countries?** Germany (full register coverage). Austrian/other sites return
Impressum + VAT only (Austria uses the Firmenbuch, not the Handelsregister).

**Do I need any credentials or API keys for the sources?** No. All sources are public.

**Is the insolvency check a solvency guarantee?** No — it reports *active/recent*
insolvency proceedings that match the company in the official register. Absence of a
match means no current proceeding was found, not a certified clean bill.

**Is this GDPR-compliant?** Company data of legal entities is not personal data. Names of
natural persons (directors) can be hashed via `redactPersonalData`. No login, no secrets stored.

### Related actors

- **[German Insolvency API](https://apify.com/ayyouba/german-insolvency-api)** — just the insolvency check, pay-per-check, for fast KYB risk screening.
- **[German Impressum Scraper](https://apify.com/ayyouba/german-impressum-scraper)** — cheap, HTTP-only Impressum extraction (company name, directors, VAT, contact email) for bulk lead lists.

### Support & disclaimer

Issues or feature requests: open an issue on the Actor page. **Not legal advice** — this
Actor provides public-register data and evidence; it does not certify legal compliance.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One entry per company. Each may be a website/domain (e.g. apify.com), a company name (e.g. 'Siemens AG'), or a VAT ID / USt-IdNr (e.g. DE811907980). The type is auto-detected.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Jurisdiction for register/insolvency lookups. 'Auto' infers from the domain TLD and data found.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which authoritative sources to query and merge. All are on by default.

## `maxCompanies` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap on how many companies to process in a single run.

## `redactPersonalData` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, names of natural persons (e.g. managing directors) are hashed/redacted in the output. Company data of legal entities is retained.

## `includeRawEvidence` (type: `boolean`):

Attach source URLs and raw snippets used to derive each field, for auditability.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy used for website/register requests. Apify Residential is recommended for register portals.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "zalando.de",
    "DE811907980",
    "Siemens AG"
  ],
  "country": "auto",
  "sources": [
    "impressum",
    "vies",
    "handelsregister",
    "insolvency",
    "bundesanzeiger",
    "enrichment"
  ],
  "maxCompanies": 100,
  "redactPersonalData": false,
  "includeRawEvidence": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "zalando.de"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ayyouba/dach-company-intel").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 = { "queries": ["zalando.de"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ayyouba/dach-company-intel").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "zalando.de"
  ]
}' |
apify call ayyouba/dach-company-intel --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/rbmEI6d3VRyIeNKcW/builds/IFTpU7UhMNWCMaJIB/openapi.json