# German Impressum Scraper — Company Data & B2B Leads (`ayyouba/german-impressum-scraper`) Actor

Extract company name, directors, register no., VAT & contact email from any German website's Impressum. Cheap, fast, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ayyouba/german-impressum-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ayyoub Aharchi](https://apify.com/ayyouba) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 company lead extracteds

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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **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`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## German Impressum Scraper — Company Data & Leads (name, directors, VAT, email)

**Turn a list of German websites into clean B2B lead records.** This actor reads each
site's **Impressum (§5 DDG legal notice)** — legally-mandated public data — and extracts the
**company legal name, legal form, address, managing directors, Handelsregister number, VAT
(USt-IdNr.), and contact email/phone**, plus the site's **shop system and tech stack**. One
fast, cheap call. No login, no API key.

Built for **B2B lead generation, sales prospecting, and data enrichment** at volume.

### What you get per website

- **Company** — legal name, legal form (GmbH, AG, GmbH & Co. KG…)
- **Managing directors / board** (Geschäftsführer / Vorstand)
- **Register** — HRB/HRA number and court (as stated in the Impressum)
- **VAT** — USt-IdNr.
- **Contact** — email, phone, fax
- **Address** — street, postal code, city
- **Website enrichment** — shop system (Shopify/Shopware/WooCommerce…), tech stack, socials

### Input

```json
{ "domains": ["zalando.de", "hellofresh.de", "chefkoch.de"] }
```

### Output (example)

```json
{
    "query": "chefkoch.de",
    "companyName": "Chefkoch GmbH",
    "legalForm": "GmbH",
    "registerType": "HRB",
    "registerId": "18761",
    "vatId": "DE814066656",
    "contact": { "email": "info@chefkoch.de", "phone": "0228 40378 4400" },
    "address": { "street": "Joseph-Schumpeter-Allee 33", "postalCode": "53227", "city": "Bonn" },
    "managingDirectors": [{ "name": "Christine Nieland", "role": "Geschäftsführung" }],
    "ecommercePlatform": "Magento"
}
```

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

### Use in n8n

For n8n there's a dedicated community node:
**[n8n-nodes-german-company-data](https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-german-company-data)**
(install via **Settings → Community Nodes**). Choose the *Impressum Scraper* operation and
feed it domains from any source — one clean lead record per item, ready for your CRM.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event, **only for leads actually extracted** — empty pages are free. Cheap by design
(HTTP-only, no headless browser), so it scales to thousands of domains. See the listing.

### FAQ

**Is this GDPR-safe?** The Impressum is legally-mandated public data. Company data of legal
entities is not personal data. Names of natural persons (directors) can be hashed via
`redactPersonalData`.

**Which sites work best?** German company sites with a standard Impressum. Heavily
bot-protected consumer sites may not return data.

### Related actors

- **[German Company Data & KYB Scraper](https://apify.com/ayyouba/dach-company-intel)** — full KYB: register, insolvency, financials and VAT validation, verified and cross-referenced.
- **[German Insolvency API](https://apify.com/ayyouba/german-insolvency-api)** — just the insolvency check, pay-per-check.

> Not legal advice. Public-register/legal-notice data only.

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

German company websites to extract Impressum + contact data from (e.g. zalando.de). One per line.

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

Hash names of natural persons (e.g. managing directors). Company data is retained.

## `maxDomains` (type: `integer`):

Safety cap on how many domains to process in one run.

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

Datacenter proxy is enough for most Impressum pages and keeps cost low.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "zalando.de",
    "hellofresh.de"
  ],
  "redactPersonalData": false,
  "maxDomains": 1000,
  "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 = {
    "domains": [
        "chefkoch.de"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ayyouba/german-impressum-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 = { "domains": ["chefkoch.de"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ayyouba/german-impressum-scraper").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 '{
  "domains": [
    "chefkoch.de"
  ]
}' |
apify call ayyouba/german-impressum-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fayqb0Rfgy0PfquLR/builds/SgXKBm9SKv4aB7U6e/openapi.json