# Company Registry Scraper (GLEIF / LEI) — EU & Global (`agency-shift/company-registry-lei-scraper`) Actor

Scrape GLEIF/LEI company registry for EU and global entities. Extract legal names, addresses, and registration data. For B2B lead generation and compliance research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/agency-shift/company-registry-lei-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Valdeir Lima](https://apify.com/agency-shift) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.10 / actor start

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

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

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# README

## Company Registry Scraper (GLEIF / LEI) — EU & Global

**Look up legal entities worldwide** from the official **GLEIF LEI registry** — legal name, registered address, registration ID, legal form, status and jurisdiction. Search by **company name and/or country** (DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, GB, US…). For **KYC, due diligence, B2B lead generation and market research**. Official open API: no key, no anti-bot.

### What it does

- Search the global LEI database by legal name and/or country
- Returns structured company records: LEI, legal name, full address, legal form, registration ID, status
- Filter to ACTIVE entities; paginates up to thousands of records

### Use cases

- **KYC / due diligence** — verify legal entities and addresses
- **B2B lead generation** — build company lists by country/jurisdiction
- **Market research** — map companies in DE/FR/ES/IT and beyond
- **Compliance** — enrich records with official LEI identifiers

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchName` | string | — | Full/partial legal name |
| `country` | string | — | ISO country of legal address |
| `status` | string | `ACTIVE` | ANY / ACTIVE / INACTIVE |
| `maxResults` | integer | `100` | Max entities (up to 2000) |

### Output

```json
{ "lei": "529900...", "legalName": "Robert Bosch GmbH", "country": "DE", "city": "Stuttgart", "address": "..., Stuttgart, 70469, DE", "legalForm": "2HBR", "status": "ACTIVE", "url": "https://search.gleif.org/#/record/529900..." }
```

### FAQ

**API key?** None — official GLEIF API.
**Which countries?** Any — it's the global LEI registry, strong EU coverage (DE/FR/ES/IT/NL).
**Is the data official?** Yes — LEI records are regulator-grade legal-entity reference data.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchName` (type: `string`):

Full or partial legal name to search (e.g. 'Bosch').

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

Filter by legal address country: DE, FR, ES, IT, NL, GB, US...

## `status` (type: `string`):

Entity status filter.

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

Maximum legal entities to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchName": "Bosch",
  "country": "DE",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchName": "Bosch",
    "country": "DE"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("agency-shift/company-registry-lei-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 = {
    "searchName": "Bosch",
    "country": "DE",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("agency-shift/company-registry-lei-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 '{
  "searchName": "Bosch",
  "country": "DE"
}' |
apify call agency-shift/company-registry-lei-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,agency-shift/company-registry-lei-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/S9NGtKFXBgYqebQTb/builds/IIASjmgDbakas3ZQC/openapi.json